Homage to heroes
By Xu Fan | China Daily | Updated: 2016-05-19 08:32
A Chinese TV series on the Korean War will be broadcast nationwide for the first time. Xu Fan reports on the emotional behind-the-scenes journey of its makers.
The atmosphere turned somber when actor Zhan Shigang spoke of Chinese casualty figures at a recent Beijing event to promote his upcoming TV series, The 38th Parallel.
More than 180,000 Chinese soldiers were killed, 383,000 were injured and 25,000 went missing during the Korean War that was waged for three years from 1950.
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