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Movie poster of Tiny Times. Photo provided to China Daily
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This year, I published an English-language book, titled A Practical Guide to Chinese Cinema 2002-2012 which is now available in the Kindle store, but it does not include two of the most dramatic episodes that happened to me as a
film critic. They might have shaped film criticism in China, though.
In summer, I became public enemy No 1 when hundreds of thousands of teenage girls heaped dirt and scorn and invectives on me. I had written a very critical review on Tiny Times, a movie the loved. They had grown up with the novel on which the movie is based. My review and my subsequent volleys with Guo Jingming, the author and director, triggered an avalanche eventually involving government mouthpieces and the Western press.
For more coverage on Guo Jingming, click here