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<\/a>During the heigh of covid-19 pandemic, a friend of mine recommended a hit Chinese tv series The Best Partner<\/em> (\u7cbe\u82f1\u5f8b\u5e08), based in Beijing, which was released in December 2019.<\/p>\nIn the series, actor Jin Dong plays the lead lawyer. After watching the 48 episodes, I was impressed and thought, holy moly<\/em>, great,\u00a0China is advancing! No more poor daughters who are forced to support their parents or brothers (why always daughters, not sons???), such as I’ll Find You a Better Home<\/a>. I could almost see the day that China can produce their own chips, which is just around corner. Then, my dream busted, because, casually I began watching Suits<\/em>, yes, the old Suits that first aired in 2011.<\/p>\n Suits<\/em>\u00a0series were based in New York but filmed much (if not all) of it in Canada. This American tv series was first shown in 2011. The ninth season 10-episodes was released in the summer 2019. It was the final season. Admittedly, I don’t watch tv – except the French, Wimbledon and US Open tennis – so I’m very much out of the loop.<\/p>\n The feeling of d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu began almost instantly. The characters, the story line, the setting, down to the offices, new associates’ cubicles and the leading man’s secretary’s station … As I’m progressing into the second and third episode, it finally<\/em> hit me – I hate to have to admit … after trying to deny then resist such apparent copying – that one is copying another, almost verbatimly. Ok the verbatim<\/em> part is an exaggeration… but it’s not far from the truth, indicating just how identical the Chinese tv show mirrored the American’s.<\/p>\n After I causally posted my above finding on my\u00a0Moments<\/em> in WeChat, did I know copying of American shows is rampant\u00a0\u4e09\u5be8\u7248\u591a\u4e86\u53bb\u5566! Not only China, the Koreans remade \u7ffb\u62cd\u00a0Good Wife<\/em>… This made me think of\u00a0The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century<\/em>\u00a0 was Thomas Friedman ‘s 2005 book, focusing on the leveled playing fields that is born out of globalization.<\/p>\n Essentially, we do share a lot. Otherwise, how could American stories resonate so much there? Doesn’t the usual excuse \u201c\u56fd\u60c5\u4e0d\u540c\u201d (as … different national conditions) run hallow? Or you truly believe that ‘win-win’ means you win twice?<\/p>\n “Yes, it’s free.”<\/p>\n How many such sites exist, out there?!?<\/p>\n Ok, I knew Japan had copied many things in the past. Like the Eiffel Tower stood among garbages in Tokyo, built in 1958 … Hope the copying\/stealing will result in something concretely positive for China.<\/p>\n \u524d\u51e0\u4e2a\u6708\u770b\u5b8c\u201c\u7cbe\u82f1\u5f8b\u5e08\u201d \u5fc3\u4e2d\u5145\u6ee1\u65e0\u9650\u656c\u4f69: \u4e2d\u56fd\u7684\u7f16\u5267\ud83d\udc02\u5440. \u5c24\u5176\u662f\u6ca1\u6709\u4e86\u88ab\u5b5d\u9053\u538b\u8feb\u7684\u53ef\u601c\u5973\u513f (\u4e3a\u4ec0\u4e48\u603b\u662f\u5973\u513f\u662f\u201c\u6447\u94b1\u6811\u201d? \u6bd4\u5982\u300a\u5b89\u5bb6\u300b…) \u5fc3\u4e2d\u7a83\u559c \u7167\u8fd9\u4e2a\u901f\u5ea6 \u56fd\u4ea7\u82af\u7247\u4e5f\u5c31\u6307\u65e5\u53ef\u5f85. \u5509 … \u4ffa\u4e5f\u5c31\u4e95\u5e95\u4e4b\u86d9\u4e00\u679a. \u56e0\u4e3a\u770b\u7684\u4e0d\u591a. \u6700\u5e38\u542c\u7684\u4e00\u53e5\u501f\u53e3\u662f \u201c\u56fd\u60c5\u4e0d\u540c\u201d. \u6709\u4ec0\u4e48\u4e0d\u540c\u5462\uff1f\u8fde\u7eed\u5267\u5927\u8be5\u662f\u6700\u597d\u7684\u6e29\u5ea6\u8ba1\u5427\uff1f \u5982\u679c\u771f\u7684\u4e0d\u540c \u600e\u4e48\u4f1a\u6709\u90a3\u4e48\u591a\u6284\u6765\u7684\u7f8e\u5267 \u83b7\u597d\u8bc4\u5982\u6f6e\uff1f\u8fd9\u662f\u4e0d\u662f\u610f\u8bc6\u5f62\u6001\u4e0a\u7684\u9ed8\u8ba4 … \u540c\u7b49\u4ef7\u503c?<\/p>\n Searching for some truth: \u00a0\u636e\u8bf4\u6709\u6761\u9119\u89c6\u94fe: \u770b\u82f1\u7f8e\u5267\u7684\u77a7\u4e0d\u8d77\u770b\u65e5\u97e9\u5267\u7684, \u770b\u65e5\u97e9\u5267\u7684\u77a7\u4e0d\u8d77\u770b\u5927\u9646\u5267\u7684<\/p>\n \u6211\u77e5\u9053\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\u767e\u591a\u5e74\u524d\u4e5f\u6284\u88ad\u8fc7. \u65e5\u672c\u8fc7\u53bb\u590d\u5236\u4e86\u5f88\u591a\u4e1c\u897f, \u5c31\u50cf1958\u5e74\u5728\u4e1c\u4eac\u5efa\u6210\u7684\u57c3\u83f2\u5c14\u94c1\u5854\u7ad9\u5783\u573e\u4e2d\u4e00\u6837. \u5e0c\u671b\u73b0\u5728\u7684\u590d\u5236\/\u7a83\u53d6\u4f1a\u5bf9\u4e2d\u56fd\u4e0d\u4e45\u7684\u672a\u6765\u4ea7\u751f\u79ef\u6781\u7684\u5f71\u54cd.<\/p>\n Friends<\/a>\u00a0(L)\u00a0\u21d3 Many lines and scenes have been completely ripped off from American shows<\/a>.<\/p>\n TV series, movies, intellectual properties \u00a0theft or what? During the heigh of covid-19 pandemic, a friend of mine recommended a hit Chinese tv series The…<\/p>\n\n
<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>A side note: two months ago, I posted a thumb up for The\u00a0Sinner<\/em>, season one. A classmate in Beijing left a comment, saying he’ll check it out. After learning that he could down load it from MeiJuTT.com (\u7f8e\u5267\u5929\u5802), I asked if it’s free.<\/p>\n\n
<\/a>2021,\u00a0\u6c99\u53bf\u5c0f\u5403 copied Lunch Date<\/em><\/a>: “I see the hope of Chinese film<\/a>“!<\/li>\n<\/a> <\/a>\u00a0 <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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