Setting out to grab the spotlight

The recent China International Film& TV Program Exhibition showed how determined domestic producers are to make inroads into overseas markets, Xu Fan reports.

For most Chinese fans, it was a shock to see Mei Changsu, the protagonist of the TV series Nirvana in Fire, a royal period drama set in ancient China, "speaking" Spanish fluently.

Interestingly, the character - a leader of a group of swordsmen - can also "speak" English and a few more other languages.