abstract:Wang Bing (; born 1967) is a Chinese director, often referred to as one of the foremost figures in documentary film-making. Wang is the founder of his own production company, Wang Bing Studios, which produces most of his films.
Later in the series, audiences can catch rare screenings of Zhan Liang's five-hour version of "Petition" and the 556-minute "West of the Tracks" (shown in two programs), Wang Bing's immersive portrait of the collapse of Shenyang, an industrial city in the northeast devastated by economic erosion.
Mr Wang dismisses the suggestion that the bing tuan with its own administration, its special relations with Beijing (it reports directly to the State Council), and its dollops of central-government largesse is like a mini-state, favoured for its strategic importance.