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China courts documentaries as it limits expression

By Louise Watt
Published August 26, 2014 12:53pm ET
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China courts documentaries as it limits expression
In this photo taken Sunday, Aug. 24, 2014, Li Xianting, a film critic and founder of the Li Xianting Film Fund, the organizer of the Beijing Independent Film Festival smokes as he meets journalists after he was released in Beijing, China. China is avidly wooing filmmakers to create more documentaries to replace popular dating, reality and game shows. But it is also stifling material with any whiff of challenging the Communist Party line. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) | Ng Han Guan

BEIJING (AP) — China is wooing filmmakers at the same time as it’s cracking down on them.

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