Talk:Towards the Republic

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Did you know... that the 2003 historical Chinese TV series Towards the Republic has been subject to significant censorship, and compared to River Elegy, a TV series that influenced the Tiananmen movement of 1989?

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After its wide dissemination into the general public and overwhelmingly applauded reception by the people, CCP had sensed an uneasy air from its tacit implication and seemingly unwitting suggestion, which might led to an awakening of people's inner judgement and speculation on an alternative road of China's nation-building, thereby soon led to its heavy-handed censorship and gradual liquidation from the public in the same light as the banning of "He Shang". (River's Sorrow) in 1987, which was a six-episode documentary film dealing with China's destiny in the modern era, and served as a prerequisite for students and intellectuals who fomented the 1989 Tiananmen Incident.

"Towards the Republic" remains to be a spectacular tour de force by the Chinese entertainment industry and the millions of nerves it has tapped on will continue to wage dynamic repercussion into the future.

---POV from Da Chu Xing, if citation is requested, the contributor suggests that the readers might have to oblige with confering popular wisdom in order to assess the authenticity of the above account. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dachuxing (talk • contribs)

Trivia

The following unreferenced trivia was present in the article. I removed it; if anybody thinks it has encyclopedic value and can reference it, please restore it (but keep WP:TRIVIA in mind]]). --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me} 19:03, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Sun Chun was originally cast as Sun Yat-sen but the role was given to Ma Shaohua instead, who reputedly resembles Sun Yat-sen more. Sun Chun is cast as Yuan Shikai instead, and he gained weight specially to prepare for his role. During filming, Sun Chun also had cotton balls stuffed into his cheeks to mimic the appearance of the obese Yuan Shikai.

The Manchu Han Imperial Feast scene was presented.

New version

Looking at the history of this article, it seems that it has went through several significant revisions, with lots of content being replaced - practically all of it unreferenced and much of it showing some serious POV. I've replaced the latest (again, unreferenced) version with mine (I've written most of it before realizing we already have an article on that subject). Editors interesting in improving this article further may find some interesting material in the history - but no references... --_{Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| talk to me} 19:42, 14 October 2011 (UTC)[reply]