economy - New roads, documentary about China's change


The Shanghai Foreign Correspondents Club and the Australian Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai show on the 22nd of February the documentary "New Roads" by Jim Lambert and Richard Hughes. The one hour documentary film, following a year in the life of Fan Hengjin, a farmer-turned-businessman from one of the poorest parts of rural China, will be followed by Q&A with director Hughes.
"Fan Hengjin is a businessman, a businessman with a difference," says the synopsis. "Born and raised in rural Anhui Province, one of the poorest parts of China, Fan's childhood memories are of food shortages under Mao. Yet, when Deng Xiaoping set China on the path to reform, the young Fan grasped the bull by the horns and set himself up in business." The documentary follows Fan in 2003, a year marked by SARS, but also by two express ways that improve his business. "New Roads is an intimate portrayal of a very different kind of businessman."
From 7 PM at Sasha. The SFCC-website is not yet updated, but for information and rsvp you can turn to Elyn.