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Beijing issuing movie coupons to promote patriotic films

From Sept. 1, Beijing cinemas will issue about 900,000 coupons to moviegoers to encourage them to watch patriotic films as a prelude to China's National Day holiday. From Sept.1 to Sept. 20, after buying a full price ticket for a domestic film at... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Fri, Aug 28 2009

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