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It was rainy but warm as the sun, from time to time, shone on a school in Shaoshan, Central Chinas Hunan Province, where late Chinese leader Mao Zedong was born 130 years ago.

Chinas cinema market stands a fair chance of setting a new record for the week-long Spring Festival holidays peak season that starts on January 31, despite recent COVID-19 flare-ups in many localities, industry insiders said, as they brace for one of most anticipated seasons of the year.

SOURCE / ECONOMY By Global Times Published: Feb 19, 2021 08:07 PM Moviegoers at a cinema in Beijing on Friday, the frst day of Year of the Ox. Photo: CFP  The film market in the just concluded Spring Festival holidays broke box office records, which achieved nearly 40 percent of last years box office in one week, signaling a recovery after being deeply affected by the epidemic. China’s stay put measures have sparked attendance at cinemas, which was good news to film producers. But indus...