AFP reports on a government effort to get citizens to show their patriotism by going to the movies:
Beijing cinemas will hand out nearly a million free movie coupons to encourage citizens to watch patriotic films as China tries to foster love of country ahead of the nation’s 60th birthday.
State-run Xinhua news agency said movie-goers who buy a regular ticket from September 1-20 will be given one of the coupons.
The give-away period corresponds with the release of patriotically themed domestic films such as “Jianguo Daye”, which chronicles the founding of communist China, in the run-up to National Day on October 1.
