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China Heavyweight is a chinois film of genre Documentary directed by Yung Chang released in USA on 6 july 2012

China Heavyweight (2012)

China Heavyweight
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Released in USA 6 july 2012
Length 1h30
Directed by
OriginChine
Rating63% 3.193623.193623.193623.193623.19362

China Heavyweight (also known by its Chinese title 千錘百煉) is a 2012 documentary film by the Chinese-Canadian documentary film director Yung Chang and released by EyeSteelFilm. It is Yung Chang's second long feature documentary film after Up the Yangtze from 2007.

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In 1959, Mao Zedong had imposed a ban on the sport of boxing in China considering it "too Western and brutal". The ban was lifted in 1987 and boxing began being taught in schools.

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