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Chinese cinema: once upon a time in China...

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Today we focus on China's ambitions on the silver screen. The movie business is growing rapidly in China; ticket sales grew by almost a third last year, to a value of around 2 billion dollars. There are even plans to build a Chinese version of Hollywood in the city of Tianjin. But the ambitions of Chinese filmmakers stretch beyond their own market. They plan to stretch their wings further afield.

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By Markus KARLSSON
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