''Red River Valley'' () is a 1997 film directed by

Feng Xiaoning Feng Xiaoning () (born 1954) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter and cinematographer. He is considered a member of the "Fifth Generation" Chinese directors who graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1982. Feng however graduated from t ...

about the

British expedition to Tibet The British expedition to Tibet, also known as the Younghusband expedition, began in December 1903 and lasted until September 1904. The expedition was effectively a temporary invasion by British Indian Armed Forces under the auspices of the T ...

, starring Paul Kersey and

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. It was also released under the title ''A Tale of the Sacred Mountain''. A book by Peter Fleming, Ian Fleming's brother, is credited in the movie. In 1961, Fleming published ''Bayonets to Lhasa: The First Full Account of the British Invasion of Tibet in 1904''. The film won numerous prizes at China's three main award ceremonies:

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, Golden Rooster and

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. The film's production was part of an official Chinese government effort - also reflected in the national curriculum - to incorporate the expedition to Tibet into the story of the century of humiliation narrative that China suffered at the hands of

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and

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invaders and commercial interests."China Seizes on a Dark Chapter for Tibet"
by Edward Wong, ''The New York Times'', August 9, 2010 (August 10, 2010 p. A6 of NY ed.). Retrieved 2010-08-11.

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* * 1997 films Chinese historical drama films 1990s Mandarin-language films 1990s English-language films History of China on film Films about Tibet Shanghai Film Studio films Tibetan-language films Films directed by Feng Xiaoning {{China-film-stub