Epic Chinese war film premiere cancelled in apparent censorship

Communist party figures say The Eight Hundred glorifies second world war heroism of rival Nationalist party

The premiere of an epic Chinese war movie has been cancelled a week before its scheduled release, in what appears to be a new round of tightening of ideological control in the country.

A terse one-sentence statement on the official microblog of the film The Eight Hundred this week announced that the film’s 5 July premiere will be cancelled and “a new release date will be announced later”.

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