This Day, That Year

Item from June 6, 1983, in China Daily: Wang Yangsheng (right) and Guo Ji-dong, both members of Jindian Commune in Neiqiu county, Hebei province, are earning a good income by showing movies to rural audiences in the evenings.

Technology has brought dramatic changes to the moviegoing experience in China.

After effects like sound and color finding their way onto movie screens decades ago, new technology like 3-D and Imax makes audience part of the movie.