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Founding epic is China's biggest film

The Founding of a Republic, a state-funded film that marks 60 years of Chinese communism, features all-star cameos from the likes of Jackie Chan, Jet Li and Zhang ZiyiA government funded, all-star propaganda film about the birth of modern China under... ...full story at Guardian Unlimited

from Guardian Unlimited on Wed, Oct 21 2009

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