Historical Dictionary of Chinese Cinema - Tan Ye, Yun Zhu - Google Books

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Motion pictures were first introduced to China in 1896 and today China has become a major player in the film industry. However, the story of how Chinese cinema became what it is today is an exceptionally turbulent one. It encompasses incursions by foreign…