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December 16, 2002 — BEIJING (Reuters) - The brat pack of China's silver screen trod the red carpet of Beijing's Communist sovereigns on Saturday as the star-studded martial arts epic, "Hero", made its international premiere at the Great Hall of the People. "Hero" is the acclaimed director's first go at the action genre perfected in Hong Kong and Taiwan. He is bidding to follow in the footsteps of Taiwan director Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which won four Oscars, set a U.S. box office record for a foreign film and whet audiences' appetites for Chinese historical romance. read more at the link below