Communist party figures say The Eight Hundred glorifies second world war heroism of rival Nationalist partyThe premiere of an epic Chinese war movie has been cancelled a week before its scheduled release, in what appears to be a new round of tightening of ideological control in the country.A terse one-sentence statement on the official microblog of the film The Eight Hundred this week announced that the film’s 5 July premiere will be cancelled and “a new release date will be announced later”. Continue reading…
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