A staple of Chinese cinema is the historical television drama, many of which are filmed in one of the studio cities in Wuxi, which were built expressly for this purpose. The following video and images give a good overall impression of the details and themes to be found in Wuxi's studio cities.

A video tour of the studio cities (3MB).
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Images from some of the centers of Chinese cinema

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