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Title:
China in the Red
Date:
March 8, 2005
Venue:
Wang Gungwu Lecture Theatre, Graduate House, No. 3 University Drive, The University of Hong Kong
Rundown:
6:30 pm | Film screening |
8:30 pm | Discussion with Director Sue Williams |
Enquiry:
(Tel) (852) 2241-5025
(Email) ihss@hku.hk
China in the Red begins in 1998 with Premier Zhu Rongji’s announcement that China’s state-owned enterprises must become profitable within three years. Ten people are then profiled over the course of the years 1998 to 2001, as the country’s dramatic economic changes have a direct effect on their welfare and personal lives. The individuals illustrate a cross-section of Chinese society — employees at state-owned factories, the mayor of Shenyang in China’s industrial northeast, the owner of a thriving small business, a peasant in a small village, a successful Beijing entrepreneur — and both the unforeseen opportunities and social costs of economic reform. After the film, director Sue Williams will host a panel discussion with all present.
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