▁Chinese ▁government . ▁ ▁Chinese ▁mart ial ▁arts ▁are ▁an ▁integral ▁element ▁of ▁ 2 0 th - century ▁Chinese ▁popular ▁culture . ▁W ux ia ▁or ▁" mart ial ▁arts ▁fiction " ▁is ▁a ▁popular ▁genre ▁that ▁emer ged ▁in ▁the ▁early ▁ 2 0 th ▁century ▁and ▁pe aked ▁in ▁popular ity ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁to ▁ 1 9 8 0 s . ▁W ux ia ▁films ▁were ▁produced ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s . ▁The ▁Ku om int ang ▁suppress ed ▁w ux ia , ▁acc using ▁it ▁of ▁prom oting ▁super st ition ▁and ▁violent ▁an archy . ▁Because ▁of ▁this , ▁w ux ia ▁came ▁to ▁fl our ish ▁in ▁British ▁Hong ▁Kong , ▁and ▁the ▁genre ▁of ▁k ung ▁fu ▁movie ▁in ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁action ▁cinema ▁became ▁wild ly ▁popular , ▁coming ▁to ▁international ▁attention ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 9 7 0 s . ▁The ▁genre ▁under w ent ▁a ▁dr astic ▁decl ine ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁as ▁the ▁Hong ▁Kong ▁film ▁industry ▁was ▁cr ushed ▁by ▁economic ▁de pression . ▁In ▁the ▁w ake ▁of ▁Cr ouch ing ▁T iger , ▁H idden ▁Dragon ▁( 2 0 0 0 ), ▁there ▁has ▁been ▁somewhat ▁of ▁a ▁rev ival ▁of ▁Chinese - produ ced ▁w ux ia ▁films ▁aim ed ▁at ▁an ▁international ▁audience , ▁ ▁including ▁Hero ▁( 2 0 0 2 ), ▁House ▁of ▁F lying ▁D ag gers ▁( 2