He therefore began making films for the 300-million-strong combined market of Japan, Korea, Thailand, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.
當時陳可辛觀察大陸情勢，認為自己不太拍古裝、虛幻題材，而現代故事又有太多禁忌，轉而興起以「筷子文化」為號召，串聯日、韓、泰、台、港等 3 億人口的「泛亞洲」力量。