Movies and TvShows featuring "peoples-republic-of-china" theme.

During the chaotic Warlord Era, an eccentric soldier has a sudden stroke of luck and is promoted seven ranks to Marshal. He, along with his three silly friends, do all sorts of bizarre things. Meanwhile, externally, three wild warlords are eyeing him like a tiger. Internally, he doesn't know whether any of his three wives are spies. Ultimately, a battle for hegemony unfolds, with shells flying and dilemmas between friends.

The Dou family of Foshan is an affluent family that owns and runs Sheung Chun Tong, the largest traditional Chinese apothecary in town. When an epidemic occurs in Foshan and the shop's medicine is found to be the cause, the shop owner is accused of murder and is imprisoned. In order to help release her father, the family's only daughter, Dou Gaai-kei, sets out to investigate.

After being chased by space criminals, Stitch lands in China’s Huangshan mountains where he befriends a girl named Ai.

Set during the Chinese Civil War, the movie portrays the events that led to the formation of the People's Republic of China, including the struggle between the Communist Party and the Nationalist Party. It highlights the key moments, political leaders, and military strategies that shaped the country's transition to socialism.

Children of the Dragon is a 1992 Australian mini series set against the background of the 1989 Tiananmen Square uprising. It was shot at the ABC Frenchs Forest Studios and at the Sydney Showground.

One Child Nation is a powerful and eye-opening documentary that delves into China's one-child policy and its far-reaching consequences. Through interviews with former government officials, activists, and everyday people, the film explores the devastating effects of this enforced population control measure on families and individuals. It also highlights the propaganda, forced abortions, and forced sterilizations that were used to enforce the policy. Ultimately, One Child Nation is a thought-provoking exploration of the complexities of family, government control, and personal freedom.

Beginning of the Great Revival is a movie based on the true story of the Chinese Civil War, focusing on the Republican Era in China and the rise of the Communist Party. It explores the patriotism, political ideologies, and military conflicts during this period of Chinese history, particularly highlighting the leadership of Mao Tse-tung and the Communist Party's victory over the Kuomintang. The film also delves into the influence of state propaganda and the formation of the Chinese Communist Party state.

Much of the world first became aware of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army in the tragedy of Tiananmen Square in June 1989. However, only weeks before, filming had been completed on an extraordinary examination of China’s military machine. Boasting unprecedented access to all areas of the People’s Liberation Army, this five-hour documentary reveals with unerring insight and exceptional clarity the enigma which is the modern Chinese army.

This biographical drama depicts the events leading up to Mao Zedong's establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. It explores the political landscape, the Chinese Communist Party's state propaganda, and Mao's strategies to gain power and control in Beijing.

A schoolteacher is sent to a reeducation camp in rural China during the 1950s. He witnesses the dehumanization, abuse of authority, and starvation of prisoners. The documentary includes survivor testimonies and explores the atrocities committed during the Cultural Revolution.

In Soldier of Fortune, a soldier is recruited by a wealthy woman to rescue her husband, a political prisoner in communist China. The soldier must navigate the dangerous political landscape and escape from prison to complete the mission.

In the spring and summer of 1949, the People's Liberation Army launched an offensive under the orders of Mao Zedong and Zhu De, they crossed the Yangtze River and Nanjing was liberated on April 23 which signaled the fall of the KMT regime, Chiang Kai-Shek fled to Taiwan; on October 1, 1949, Mao Zedong standing on the rostrum of Tiananmen, solemnly declared the foundation of the People's Republic of China.

One Country, Two Systems? No Way! say the youth of Taiwan. But China under President Xi Jinping wants more than ever to bring the island of Taiwan back into the fold, just like Hong Kong. Can the burgeoning democracy on China’s doorstep, driven by digital technology, resist the Middle Kingdom’s advances? To China Taiwan is a breakaway province that must return to the fold. To its 24 million inhabitants it is a sovereign state with its own constitution and democratically elected leaders. Now that Hong Kong has been brought into line, Taiwan remains determined to stand up as a vibrant, young democracy. But it won't be easy. Since the Sunflower Movement in 2014 when the young came out to prevent an economic agreement with China, citizen groups have been fighting for the transparency of institutions.

The film tells the story of Chinese guerrillas fighting for the Allied cause in Burma during Early in World War II, Chungking schoolteacher Lin Yang is recruited to help with the dangerous mission of protecting the Allied supply line from Burma into China. In spite of the danger involved, her determination to help is strengthened when one of her young students is killed in a Japanese air raid. Some time later, she is part of a group of Allied representatives departing from Lashio, on a bus traveling the Burma Road back to China. A bridge outage forces them to spend the night in a monastery along the way, and during the night they watch in horror as a supply convoy of trucks is bombed by Japanese planes. The timing and accuracy of the raid brings them to realize that either one of their group, or perhaps the priest in the monastery, is really an enemy agent

This short documentary follows a group of students from Hamilton, Ontario, on a rare three-week “tour” of China in 1972. These teenagers were the first North American students to visit China since 1949, when Mao Tse Tung’s Communists overthrew the Nationalist Government of Chiang Kai-shek.

Two-part documentary about the Tibetan refugee community in India. Feingold interviews Tibetan philosophers and former political prisoners. Part One (60 mins.) "Body, Speech, and Mind: Conversations with Tibetan Philosophers". Part Two (30 mins.) "Resisting the Chinese Occupation: Personal Accounts of Tibetans".

The New China (Russian: Освобождённый Китай, Osvobozhdyonnyy Kitay) is a 1950 Soviet documentary film directed by Sergei Gerasimov. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.

Burp! Pepsi Vs Coke in the Ice Cold War traces the history of these brands against the backdrop of global politics. The second world war was the perfect vehicle for Coca-Cola distribution (including to the Nazis), with bottling plants on front lines paid for by the US war department.

Oscar is 40 years old teacher whose Jekyll and Hyde lifestyle starts to cast a shadow on his family life. Just when he is starting to show signs of calming down following the birth of his firstborn, new mortgage and several visits to psychiatrist, his manager lures him back into his old life as rock'n'roll lunatic and to an apocalyptic three week tour in China.