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Please Vote For Me

Directory Chen Weijun discusses his documentary about primary school class elections by Cecily Huang Last month?s fifth annual Chinese Documentary Exchange Week (中国纪录片交流周) was held at the Songzhuang Art Center from May 25-31 and fea... ...full story at The Beijinger

from The Beijinger on Wed, Jun 04 2008

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04 Dec 07 visit PBS/BBC - Why Democracy? - Please Vote for Me 4/5  »  YouTube videoPLEASE VOTE FOR ME is an award-winning documentary about an interesting social experiment with democracy in China. In an elementary school in the city of Wuhan in central China, three eight-year-old students campaign for the coveted position of class...
30 Jan 08 visit Please Vote for Me: A documentary about China's dreaded D-word  »  Shanghaiist Photo from Why Democracy If you think Chinese children can't get any more obnoxious, go watch Please Vote for Me, an award-winning indie documentary and pay special attention to Cheng Cheng, the pudgy kid who is one of the three students running for the...
31 Aug 09 visit Chamdo Experimental Primary School-first modern school in Tibet  »  People's Daily &$ &$Students in Chamdo Experimental Primary School just finish their class. (China Tibet Information Center Photo)&$&$ As the first modern school in Tibet, Chamdo Experimental Primary School, originally named Chamdo Primary School marked the initial...
29 Dec 07 visit Shanghaiist Sunday Show: Chinese Film Odyssey  »  Shanghaiist This week, we bring you a documentary called "Asian Cinema Odyssey - China" which was screened on Discovery Channel (although others say it's from National Geographic) . We can't seem to find any other information about this documentary (so let us know if...
03 May 09 visit Before 798: the industrial history of 718  »  Danwei Sinopop reviews a CCTV documentary on 798, the showpiece "cultural production zone" in Beijing: The documentary is a rather sobering look at the quickly vanishing former life of "798″--Factory 718. In the 1950s it was a state of the art center ...
10 Nov 09 visit Overseas documentary makers invited to Qinghai  »  People's Daily Vice Qinghai Provincial Governor Jidi Mala has invited overseas documentary makers to attend the Second World Mountainous Region Documentary Festival to increase their understanding of Qinghai. At a meeting held on November 6, Jidi Mala met with...

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