The Chinese Are Coming to Town

The Chinese Are Coming to Town

Feel China, Enjoy Life

2011 · 58 min · Documentary

The Chinese global machine has been invited to revitalise the ailing Swedish town of Kalmar. The town's mayor has invited a Chinese company to build a trade centre and 300 homes, but all does not go to plan. An amusing and deeply relevant film, which shows the fault lines that emerge when the tigers of the developing world try to expand into Europe.

Directed by Ronja Yu

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