{"id":44880,"date":"2009-09-18T12:15:55","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T19:15:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=44880"},"modified":"2013-09-22T12:47:04","modified_gmt":"2013-09-22T19:47:04","slug":"china-the-founding-of-a-republic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/09\/china-the-founding-of-a-republic\/","title":{"rendered":"China: The Founding of a Republic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An online debate is burbling over the patriotic blockbuster,<a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/china\/jianguo-daye\"> The Founding of the Republic<\/a>, as netizens have dug out information on the impressive cast of stars who lent their names to the project, and discovered that several of them have in fact <a href=\"http:\/\/piaozu.com\/html\/20098\/3848.htm\">relinquished their Chinese citizenship<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/globalvoicesonline.org\/2009\/09\/16\/china-the-founding-of-a-republic\/\"><strong>From Global Voices<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nSome news reports in August said that among the 172 famous actors\/actresses and directors involved in the film, 21 hold foreign nationalities.<\/p>\n<p>Well-known mainland writer Han Han (\u97e9\u5bd2) discussed this on his blog (8\/12):<\/p>\n<p>    \u6211\u8ba4\u4e3a\uff0c\u4e00\u4e2a\u56fd\u5bb6\uff0c\u80fd\u8ba9\u8fd9\u4e48\u591a\u827a\u4eba\u8f6c\u53d8\u56fd\u7c4d\uff0c\u8fd9\u4e2a\u56fd\u5bb6\u4e00\u5b9a\u662f\u6709\u4ed6\u7684\u8d23\u4efb\u7684\u3002<\/p>\n<p>My personal opinion is that if a country can cause so many actors to change their nationality, this country has to bear certain responsibilities.<\/p>\n<p>    \u4ed6\u4eec\u53d8\u6362\u4e86\u56fd\u7c4d\uff0c\u662f\u4ed6\u4eec\u7684\u9009\u62e9\uff0c\u8fd9\u4e2a\u9009\u62e9\u5c31\u50cf\u79bb\u5a5a\u4e00\u6837\uff0c\u53ef\u80fd\u662f\u611f\u60c5\u7834\u88c2\u4e86\uff0c\u53ef\u80fd\u662f\u9047\u89c1\u4e86\u66f4\u597d\u7684\uff0c\u5728\u9053\u5fb7\u5c42\u9762\u4e0a\u662f\u53ef\u4ee5\u8c34\u8d23\u7684\uff0c\u4f46\u662f\u5728\u4eba\u683c\u5c42\u9762\u4e0a\u662f\u6ca1\u6709\u4efb\u4f55\u95ee\u9898\u7684\u3002<\/p>\n<p>It is their personal choice to change their nationality. This is like divorce: perhaps their affection for the country has somehow disappeared, or perhaps they come across something better. We can criticize them from a certain moral stand, but there is nothing wrong with their personal character.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more about this debate [in Chinese] from China Elections and Governance. The opening set a record for ticket sales. Listen to an <a href='http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/20090917_atc_09.mp3'>NPR report<\/a>about the movie and read an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/film\/film-news\/6197946\/Epic-film-The-Founding-of-a-Republic-marks-60-years-of-Chinese-Communism.html\">article from The Telegraph<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An online debate is burbling over the patriotic blockbuster, The Founding of the Republic, as netizens have dug out information on the impressive cast of stars who lent their names to the project, and discovered that several of them have in fact relinquished their Chinese citizenship. 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