Wang Bing

Wang Bing

Wang Bing (Chinese: 王兵; pinyin: Wáng Bīng; born 16 November, 1967; Xi'an) is a Chinese documentary director, often referred to as one of the foremost figures in documentary film-making. Wang is the founder of his own production company, Wang Bing Studios, which produces most of his films. His movie on Chinese labour camps, "The Ditch", was included in the 2010 Venice Film Festival as the film sorpresa. He began his career as an independent filmmaker in 1999. Discovered in 2003, "West of Tracks", an enormous documentary work of more than 9 hours, has garnered great success internationally. In addition to his feature documentaries, he is also active in video installation, fiction film and photography. His movie on Chinese labour camps, "The Ditch", was included in the 67th Venice Film Festival (2010) as the film sorpresa. His movie "Youth (Spring)" was selected to compete for the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival (2023). Tie Xi Qu, Wang's 9 hour epic documentary of industrial China, was considered a major success. Tie Xi Qu went on to win the Grand Prix at the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film and was shown for the first time in Spain at the Punto de Vista International Documentary Film Festival. Wang's film Fengming, a Chinese Memoir, premiered at both Cannes and Toronto in 2007. Crude Oil premiered at the 2008 Rotterdam Film Festival. Since then, his films became a staple at every prestigious international film festival. 2017's Mrs. Fang was awarded the Golden Leopard at the 70th Locarno Festival. French philosopher Georges Didi-Huberman dedicated a long epilogue to Wang Bing in his 2012 book, Peuples exposés, peuples figurants. He reflects on the social fate of images thoroughly analyzing Wang's 2010 Man with No Name, writing that the director, as a humble portrait artist of a single rural worker, manages to represent the whole of China's people (as well as people from all over the World) "not through his past, nor his ideas, nor his name, nor his place in society, but through the simple gestures with which he works at his solitary life", as opposed to the common epic portraits of national identity based on military prowess, war heroes and manifest destinies.

  • Title: Wang Bing
  • Popularity: 2.734
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1967-11-16
  • Place of Birth: Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China
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  • Also Known As: Wáng Bīng, Bing Wang, Ван Бин, 王兵
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Wang Bing Movies

  • 2009
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    Cinematic Correspondences: Jaime Rosales - Wang Bing

    Cinematic Correspondences: Jaime Rosales - Wang Bing

    5 2009 HD

    This correspondence between Spanish auteur Jaime Rosales and critical chronicler of contemporary China Wang Bing is divided into three short films...

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  • 2018
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    Uno sguardo alla Terra

    Uno sguardo alla Terra

    1 2018 HD

    Sardinia 2017. The starting point for the film is one of the most loved lands in the Mediterranean, using it to enter into the world of cinema. Ten...

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  • 2014
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    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

    7.1 2014 HD

    With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through...

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  • 2018
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    Night and Fog in Zona

    Night and Fog in Zona

    5.5 2018 HD

    Korean film critic Jeong Sung-il’s camera explores the work of Wang Bing, a Chinese director who won international fame with his film Tie Xi...

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  • 2017
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    Portrait Wang Bing

    Portrait Wang Bing

    1 2017 HD

    A portrait of the filmmaker and documenta 14 artist Wang Bing (winner of the Locarno Festival's Golden Leopard for "Mrs. Fang"). Wang Bing shot his...

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  • 2019
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    Wang Bing, Tendre Cinéaste Du Chaos Chinois

    Wang Bing, Tendre Cinéaste Du Chaos Chinois

    1 2019 HD

    Wang Bing is one of the greatest documentary-makers alive today, and his films offer a very insightful overview of the transformations occurring in...

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  • 2003
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    Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

    Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

    7.6 2003 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Ditch

    The Ditch

    7.1 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Ditch

    The Ditch

    7.1 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Ditch

    The Ditch

    7.1 2010 HD

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  • 2003
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    Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

    Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

    7.6 2003 HD

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  • 2012
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    Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

    7.4 2012 HD

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  • 2007
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    The State of the World

    The State of the World

    5.2 2007 HD

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  • 2009
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    Coal Money

    Coal Money

    6.5 2009 HD

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  • 2007
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    Fengming: A Chinese Memoir

    Fengming: A Chinese Memoir

    7.6 2007 HD

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  • 2014
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    'Til Madness Do Us Part

    'Til Madness Do Us Part

    6.8 2014 HD

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  • 2010
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    Man With No Name

    Man With No Name

    6.1 2010 HD

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  • 2008
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    Crude Oil

    Crude Oil

    7.2 2008 HD

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  • 2014
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    Traces

    Traces

    6 2014 HD

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  • 2010
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    Man With No Name

    Man With No Name

    6.1 2010 HD

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  • 2009
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    Coal Money

    Coal Money

    6.5 2009 HD

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  • 2010
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    Man With No Name

    Man With No Name

    6.1 2010 HD

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  • 2008
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    Crude Oil

    Crude Oil

    7.2 2008 HD

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  • 2014
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    Father and Sons

    Father and Sons

    6.2 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    Father and Sons

    Father and Sons

    6.2 2014 HD

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  • 2013
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    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    Venice 70: Future Reloaded

    5.2 2013 HD

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  • 2009
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    Cinematic Correspondences: Jaime Rosales - Wang Bing

    Cinematic Correspondences: Jaime Rosales - Wang Bing

    5 2009 HD

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  • 2013
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    Alone

    Alone

    5.8 2013 HD

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  • 2016
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    Ta'ang

    Ta'ang

    5.6 2016 HD

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  • 2018
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    Bitter Money

    Bitter Money

    5.8 2018 HD

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  • 2003
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    Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

    Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

    7.6 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

    Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks

    7.6 2003 HD

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  • 2017
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    15 Hours

    15 Hours

    1 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Mrs. Fang

    Mrs. Fang

    6 2017 HD

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  • 2023
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    Man in Black

    Man in Black

    7.4 2023 HD

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  • 2017
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    Mrs. Fang

    Mrs. Fang

    6 2017 HD

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  • 2023
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    Youth (Spring)

    Youth (Spring)

    6.7 2023 HD

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  • 2014
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    'Til Madness Do Us Part

    'Til Madness Do Us Part

    6.8 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    'Til Madness Do Us Part

    'Til Madness Do Us Part

    6.8 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    'Til Madness Do Us Part

    'Til Madness Do Us Part

    6.8 2014 HD

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  • 2007
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    Brutality Factory

    Brutality Factory

    1 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    Fengming: A Chinese Memoir

    Fengming: A Chinese Memoir

    7.6 2007 HD

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  • 2014
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    'Til Madness Do Us Part

    'Til Madness Do Us Part

    6.8 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    Father and Sons

    Father and Sons

    6.2 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    Traces

    Traces

    6 2014 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Ways of the World: Vol. 1

    The Ways of the World: Vol. 1

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2010
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    The Ways of the World: Vol. 1

    The Ways of the World: Vol. 1

    1 2010 HD

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  • 2013
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    Alone

    Alone

    5.8 2013 HD

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  • 2014
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    Traces

    Traces

    6 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    Traces

    Traces

    6 2014 HD

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  • 2018
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    Beauty Lives in Freedom

    Beauty Lives in Freedom

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2018
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    Bitter Money

    Bitter Money

    5.8 2018 HD

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  • 2016
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    Ta'ang

    Ta'ang

    5.6 2016 HD

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  • 2017
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    Mrs. Fang

    Mrs. Fang

    6 2017 HD

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  • 2008
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    Crude Oil

    Crude Oil

    7.2 2008 HD

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  • 2012
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    Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

    7.4 2012 HD

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  • 2018
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    Dead Souls

    Dead Souls

    7.2 2018 HD

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  • 2012
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    Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

    7.4 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    Three Sisters

    Three Sisters

    7.4 2012 HD

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  • 2018
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    Dead Souls

    Dead Souls

    7.2 2018 HD

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  • 2003
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    Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - Remnants

    Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - Remnants

    9.3 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - Rust

    Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - Rust

    8.7 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - Rails

    Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks - Rails

    8.3 2003 HD

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  • 2024
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    Youth (Hard Times)

    Youth (Hard Times)

    1 2024 HD

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  • 2024
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    Youth (Homecoming)

    Youth (Homecoming)

    9 2024 HD

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  • 2017
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    Mrs. Fang

    Mrs. Fang

    6 2017 HD

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  • 2017
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    Mrs. Fang

    Mrs. Fang

    6 2017 HD

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  • 2009
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    Happy Valley

    Happy Valley

    4 2009 HD

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  • 2018
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    Beauty Lives in Freedom

    Beauty Lives in Freedom

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2016
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    Ta'ang

    Ta'ang

    5.6 2016 HD

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  • 2016
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    Ta'ang

    Ta'ang

    5.6 2016 HD

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  • 2018
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    Dead Souls

    Dead Souls

    7.2 2018 HD

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  • 2018
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    Dead Souls

    Dead Souls

    7.2 2018 HD

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  • 2007
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    Brutality Factory

    Brutality Factory

    1 2007 HD

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  • 1970
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    I Come From Ikotun

    I Come From Ikotun

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2009
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    Tiananmen

    Tiananmen

    1 2009 HD

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  • 1993
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    1966, My Time in the Red Guards

    1966, My Time in the Red Guards

    1 1993 HD

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