China’s government quietly ordered top Chinese talent back to the mainland from abroad this past weekend to attend a Beijing ceremony for its highest film industry honors, the loosely bi-annual Huabiao Awards.
The move came just weeks after it directed mainland film executives and talent to snub after-parties and return home as quickly as possible from the Golden Horse Awards in Taipei in the wake of one winner’s controversial pro-Taiwanese independence acceptance speech.Prominent director Chen Kaige (“Farewell My Concubine”) is set as the jury president this year for the International Film Festival and Awards Macao, which began Saturday.
But he was summoned back to China for the Huabiao Awards and missed Macao’s opening festivities.
Actress Yao Chen, known for her roles in Chinese hits “Monster Hunt” and last year’s “Journey to the West 2,” was also called back to Beijing for Saturday’s festivities, but returned
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