Historical play premiers in Shanghai

A scene from Lin Zexu, a play about the Chinese official who fought against British opium import in the 1800s. Lin Zexu, a play about the Chinese official who fought against British opium import in the 1800s, is presented at Shanghai Culture Square on Aug 18-19. Jointly produced by the National Center for the Performing Arts and the Guangzhou Dramatic Center in Guangdong province, the play features a star-studded cast led by Pu Cunxin, a renowned theater and movie actor and chairman of the China Theater Association. "I hope audiences today will see the life-story of Lin Zexu - his indignation, disappointment and failure- and understand the Chinese nation's journey through the past centuries," Pu said in Shanghai.