Which new state was proclaimed at the Gate of Heavenly Peace on 1st October 1949?
The Gate of Heavenly Peace (film) Film Festival. This time, controversy would be generated not by the exiled dissident community, but by the Chinese government. According to "Newsweek" (Oct. 9, 1995), the Chinese Consulate in New York was “not happy” to hear that "The Gate of Heavenly Peace" would be part of the festival. Consular officials said that “the film was an insult to China, and unless it was removed from the festival, they would be forced to withdraw [Zhang Yimou’s new film] Shanghai Triad.” Other film festivals were also subjected to similar pressures; for example, in an official letter to the director of Filmfest DC,
The Gate of Heavenly Peace (film) Letter in May 2009, referring to what he said was "false reporting and editing" with regard to Chai Ling in "The Gate of Heavenly Peace." The filmmakers posted both Feng's letter and a lengthy response on their website in July 2009; in this response, they write, "The alleged falsehoods that are described in the Open Letter simply do not exist in the film." They go on to provide a detailed examination of Feng's charges, citing specific examples from the film. "The Gate of Heavenly Peace" was completed in the fall of 1995, and premiered that October at the New York