The theater located in Sansha municipality is equipped with all advanced projection equipment including 4K digital projectors and 3D perforated screen.
In another move to assert control over the South China Sea territory, Beijing opened a high-tech movie theater in Sansha, a city on the disputed Yongxing Island, also known as Woody Island.
More than 200 residents and soldiers on the island watched the Chinese movie, “The Eternity of Jio Yulu, ” at the theater on Saturday, China’s state-owned Xinhua news agency reported. The report said the new cinema hall is equipped with all advanced projection equipment including the latest 4K digital projectors and 3D perforated screen.
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“The cinema will show at least one film every day, so residents and soldiers on Yongxing Island can enjoy films simultaneously with moviegoers across the country, “ said Gu Xiaojing, general manager of Hainan Media Croup, which runs the cinema, was quoted as saying in the report.
While China’s state media described the move as “a part of a plan by local cultural authorities to establish community services on islands under Sansha’s jurisdiction, ” this development can spark tensions in the disputed territory.
Yongxing Island is the largest island of the Paracels, a cluster of islands at the west edge of South China Sea.
