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Even Pirates Love a Film Festival.

Long-time residents of Shanghai know that - every June - the city’s multitude of pirate DVD shops close in advance of, and during, the Shanghai International Film Festival (five years I’ve been here, five years the shops have been shut down).... ...full story at Shanghai Scrap

from Shanghai Scrap on Mon, Jun 16 2008

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