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  2. Cinema of China - Wikipedia

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    Cinema of China No. of screens 86,300 (2023) • Per capita 2.98 per 100,000 (2016) Main distributors China Film (32.8%) Huaxia (22.89%) Enlight (7.75%) Produced feature films (2016) Fictional 772 Animated 49 Documentary 32 Number of admissions (2016) Total 1,370,000,000 • Per capita 1 Gross box office (2023) Total CN¥54.9 billion (US$7.73 billion) National films 58.33% The cinema of China ...

  3. Republic of China (1912–1949) - Wikipedia

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    e. The Republic of China (ROC) began as a sovereign state in mainland China [f] on 1 January 1912 following the 1911 Revolution, which overthrew the Manchu -led Qing dynasty and ended China's imperial history. From 1927, the Kuomintang (KMT) reunified the country and ruled it as a one-party state ("Dang Guo") and made Nanjing the national capital.

  4. Administrative divisions of the Republic of China (1912–1949)

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    The Republic of China was founded in 1912. It used most of the same administrative divisions as the Qing dynasty but divided Inner Mongolia into four provinces and set up several municipalities under the authority of the Executive Yuan. After the end of World War II in 1945, Manchuria was reincorporated into the Republic of China as nine provinces.

  5. The Battle of China - Wikipedia

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    Contrary to many modern timelines of the war, the film downplays Chinese resistance in Manchuria and presents the Marco Polo Bridge Incident as largely peaceful and a foregone conclusion. Instead, the Battle of Shanghai is presented as the beginning of real hostilities. The aerial bombardment that produced the "Bloody Saturday" photograph is ...

  6. Shanghai Film Studio - Wikipedia

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    Before 1949, most Chinese films were produced in Shanghai, which equipped Shanghai with abundant experience, talents and physical solutions in film production. All these served as the basis for the establishment of the Shanghai Film Studio. The Shanghai Film Studio was founded on November 16, 1949, the first director being Linren Yu [citation ...

  7. List of Chinese film-production companies before 1949

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    Dazhonghua - (Great China), first major production company to emerge in post-war Hong Kong, focused on Mandarin-language films. Dazhonghua Baihe Film Company - Major production company of the 1920s, later merged into Lianhua. Diantong Film Company - Leftist film company active from 1934-1935. Only produced four films.

  8. History of the People's Republic of China - Wikipedia

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    The history of the People's Republic of China details the history of mainland China since 1 October 1949, when CCP chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed the People's Republic of China (PRC) from atop Tiananmen, after a near complete victory (1949) by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in the Chinese Civil War. The PRC is the most recent political ...

  9. Halfway to Shanghai - Wikipedia

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    Halfway to Shanghai. Halfway to Shanghai is a 1942 American adventure film directed by John Rawlins and written by Stuart Palmer. The film stars Kent Taylor, Irene Hervey, Henry Stephenson, J. Edward Bromberg, George Zucco and Charles Wagenheim. The film was released on September 18, 1942, by Universal Pictures. [1][2][3]