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In the Name of People (2017)

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Original title
人民的名义
Genre
drama
Country
People's Republic of China
Length
1 season, 55 episodes
Rating
8.5 of 10 from 46 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A prosecutor works to expose corruption in a Chinese city. He investigates powerful officials and faces obstacles from those who want to keep their secrets hidden.

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What happens

In the Name of the People (Chinese: 人民的名义; pinyin: Rénmín de míngyì) is a 2017 Chinese television drama series based on the web novel by Zhou Meisen. Its plot revolves around a prosecutor's efforts to unearth corruption in a present-day fictional Chinese city. It drew large audiences in China, where its release coincided with Xi Jinping's anti-corruption campaign. It is the first broadcast political drama featuring high-level government corruption in China since 2004. The production received significant government funding from the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the highest agency responsible for both investigation and prosecution in China. The intervention from censors was much lighter due to the support of the authorities. The series is considered by some western observers as the Chinese version of House of Cards. The program's stars include Lu Yi as detective Hou Liangping, Xu Yajun as his antagonist Qi Tongwei, and Zhang Fengyi as Sha Ruijin, the provincial Party Committee Secretary. Zhou Meisen and his wife Sun Xinyue adapted Zhou's book for television. It was primarily filmed in Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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