Chinese science fiction gets global recognition

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 Netflix has announced acquisition rights to stream “The Wandering Earth,” a Chinese science fiction blockbuster. The sci fi genre has a long history in China. But Chinese sci fi only recently started getting attention in the US and globally. The World’s Lydia Emmanouilidou reports.

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