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A civil was is raging in the fictitious Republic of Numia where Islamic terrorists are taking over power, and the Chinese embassy staff is trying to evacuate Chinese citizens employed in a large industrial project. After an initially successful last-minute rescue action that flew out many civilians out of the country, their goal is to organize ships for hundreds of others stranded in Numia over a neighboring coastal state that goes by the name Tulisia.

“Home Coming” is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival

Get ready for the spectacle of explosions, shootings and mad car escapes in this patriotic Chinese action drama directed by Rao Xiaozhi that waves national flags in your face. Dedicated to the real diplomats who had to deal with evacuation of citizens form a number of countries across the world, this blood-drenched tear-jerker had some good financing to bring the war mayhem to the screen.

Fan Bingbing, China's highest-paid actress who mysteriously went missing last year amid a tax scandal, has split from her fiance, actor Li Chen.

Fan announced her breakup with Li late Thursday in a short message posted to her official page on Weibo, China's popular Twitter-like service.

"In one's lifetime, there are many goodbyes," she said. "Thank you for everything you have given me — the support and love — along the way. Thank you for your care and love in the future."

She added, "We will not be an 'us' anymore,...

A gifted but maverick (sorry) fighter pilot goes from rogue hotshot to true hero, and gets the girl, in director-star Li Chen’s Sky Hunter, a shameless Top Gun knock-off and a bit of nationalist entertainment from China’s recent wave of ultra-patriotic action adventures — and the first to feature actual Chinese military hardware. Released over the National Day weekend, Sky Hunter barely earned its budget back, and other markets it would, ahem, fly in are a mystery. Opening a full three weeks later in Hong Kong, the film’s brand of gung ho nationalism is likely to be a bitter pill...