Breaking silence: Beijing permits screening of Nanjing massacre film

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Beijing officials have allowed filmmaker Wu Ziniu to release his movie 'Rape of Nanjing,' the mainland's first film portrayal of the 1937-38 massacre by Japanese troops. Chinese authorities remain firmly in control of discussion, however, and refuse to allow any Chinese to petition Japan for redress. Events surrounding the attack remain unclear, largely because Beijing still refuses to release many records. However, the Japanese imperial army savagely raped thousands of women and killed up to 200,000 people.

Japan, Cover Story, Political aspects, International relations, Massacres, Portrayals, Imperialism, Nanjing, China, Rape of Nanjing (Motion picture)

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True grit: you won't see China's Sixth Generation of film directors at Cannes

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Controversial Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yuan's work typifies that of the so- called Sixth Generation, cinematographers whose work completely eschews the mainstream studios. He and his colleagues started their careers around the time that the government crushed Tianenman Square uprising, and since then the major studios have stagnated. Critics say the younger group has little talent but considerable entrepreneurial flair, while China's press questions their methods and their acceptance of being banned.

Column, Behavior, Popular culture, Filmmakers, Movie directors, Movie producers (Persons), Censorship, Motion pictures, Chinese, Chinese movies, Zhang Yuan

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China's time of change

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A novelist explains how ordinary Chinese people are growing bolder in their fight for basic human rights in his latest book. An extract of his latest book, Wild Grass: Three Stories of Change in Modern China, is presented.

China, Public affairs, Social aspects, Criticism and interpretation, Works, Chinese, Chinese (Asian people), Civil rights, Johnson, Ian, Wild Grass: Three Stories of Change in Modern China (Book)

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