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China Daily | Updated: 2012-09-03 08:06
A Dream of Red Mansions has been adapted many times to keep it popular.
CCTV's 1987 soap opera remake was enormously successful; while a controversial 2010 version cast its actors in a reality TV show.
In 2011, Beijing-based writer Liu Xinwu added a more tragic ending that attempted to capture the spirit of the original, which was left unfinished when the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911) author Cao Xueqin died.
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