Reworked FLG documentary to air on CBC

CBC plans to air a slightly reworked documentary on the Falun Gong on Nov. 20, ending a rift that forced the film's prime-time English debut to be abruptly cancelled this past week. Previously, the director had insisted he would not re-edit his film . . . But yesterday he said the requested fixes were relatively minor.

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China and Japan Cooperate on Sun Yat-sen TV Documentary 2 years 9 weeks ago

Sun Yat-sen led the historic revolution of 1911 that saw the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) thus ending China's autocratic monarchial system of 2,000 years.

The seeds for the idea of revolution were believed to have been implanted in Sun's thinking during the 9 years he spent in ...

A Past Written In Blood 25 weeks 6 days ago

A fantastic article about Hu Jie, a Chinese documentary filmmaker, and his quest to bring to light the story of Lin Zhao - a defiant woman who was arrested and eventually executed during Mao's Anti-Rightest Campaign of the late 50s, and who used her own blood to continue writing her critical analysis of the times from prison. In Hu's own words - the story shows how far China has come.

Gong Li feature article 1 year 37 weeks ago

English journalist Richard Spencer's much-vaunted portrait of Chinese actress Gong Li.

Boomtown Beijing - A coversation with Tan Siok Siok 35 weeks 2 days ago

A Q&A with acclaimed documentarian Tan Siok Siok about her new film Boomtown Beijing - a film that captures the Chinese capital the summer before the Olympics. Be sure to also check out the film's trailer and links.

Curse of the Golden Flower is China's Nomination for Best Foreign Film Oscar 2 years 13 weeks ago

The film stars Chow Yun-fat, Gong Li and Taiwanese pop sensation Jay Chow.

The movie is about Chinese imperial politics and will open up in NYC and LA right before Christmas. I wonder if they will market ...

Enjoy English - A Free Weekly Publication for the ESL Classroom 7 weeks 6 days ago

A new edition of Enjoy English will be available for download each week on Sunday night (Beijing Time) in our ESL forum. We hope that you can use Enjoy English to help stimulate conversation in your classroom. TeachAbroadChina.com staff members have already tested Enjoy English and find that it can generally be used for 30-45 minutes depending on how well you are able to expand the contents.

Banned Chinese director brings film to Toronto festival 2 years 16 weeks ago

Lou Ye's controversial movie, Summer Palace, showed at the Toronto International Film Festival. Lou defied Chinese officials when he submitted Summer Palace for competition at the Cannes Film Festival before the film had been cleared by the country's censors.

China announce movie version of "Rape of Nanjing" 2 years 21 weeks ago

A day before Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi is expected to visit a controversial shrine honouring war dead, China announces plans to film a movie based on the Nanjing atrocities. Tuesday, August 15 marks the anniversary of Japan's surrender to the allied powers (or as China would say "China's victory over Japan).

Brits Get Rich In China 1 year 16 weeks ago

A bit of conversation about a somewhat-new, and very interesting, British documentary about British businessmen in China. For anyone that doesn't have access to it, the entire thing (split between 7 YouTube segments) is available in the post.