In this Aug. 20, 2017, photo, cinema workers wait for customers in front of a poster for the movie “Wolf Warriors II” in Yichang in central China’s Hubei province. In this summer’s “Wolf Warrior II,” Chinese action star Wu Jing
In this Aug. 20, 2017, photo, cinema workers wait for customers in front of a poster for the movie “Wolf Warriors II” in Yichang in central China’s Hubei province. In this summer’s “Wolf Warrior II,” Chinese action star Wu Jing portrays a tough super-patriot who rescues both fellow countrymen and oppressed Africans with help from the People’s Liberation Army and became China’s biggest-grossing movie ever. This red-blooded nationalism has been channeled skillfully by President and ruling Communist Party leader Xi Jinping as he seeks to strengthen the party’s role in Chinese life and shepherd the country’s rise to prominence at a time when the United States and others in the West are seen to be in retreat. (Chinatopix via AP)
