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40 Years of Kissing in Chinese Cinema and Society
In the 1980s, Chinese moviegoers would break through ticket windows for rare and controversial kissing scenes. Here’s how China rediscovered kissing in the past four decades.
In the 1980s, Chinese moviegoers would break through ticket office windows just to witness a kiss on the big screen. Kissing scenes in Chinese films were highly controversial at the time and rarely passed the review process.
As the marriage rate has plummeted in recent years, we reflect on the classic kissing scenes in Chinese cinema over the past 40 years. Read more on our featured story about kissing in Chinese cinema and society.