CHINA STUDENT DISCOVERED ON VIDEO PLATFORM SHINES AS HEROINE IN ACCLAIMED FILM ‘DEAR YOU’
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When 'Dear You', a low-budget Teochew-language story of migration became one of China’s biggest films in late spring and early summer, its lead actress Li Sitong, who played Zia Lamgi, became a university graduate and… The film directed by Lan Hongchun tells a story of a young Teochew man travelling to Thailand to search for his estranged grandfather Ten Baksheng, and ending up discovering that he had long been dead and it was his…
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- News - South China Morning Post: When 'Dear You', a low-budget Teochew-language story of migration became one of China’s biggest films in late spring and early summer, its lead actress Li Sitong, who played Zia Lamgi, became a university graduate and…
- News - South China Morning Post: The film directed by Lan Hongchun tells a story of a young Teochew man travelling to Thailand to search for his estranged grandfather Ten Baksheng, and ending up discovering that he had long been dead and it was his…
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- Topic: CHINA — the feed headline centres on CHINA, STUDENT, DISCOVERED, VIDEO, PLATFORM.
- Original feed: News - South China Morning Post.
- Published: 17 Jul 2026, 11:27 UK.
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