CHINA CENTRAL TELEVISION

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Francis Dumaurier played the co-starring role of General George C. Marshall in 21 episodes of  "A War Of China's Fate", a mini-series produced by China Central Television and broadcasted to CCTV's hundreds of millions of daily viewers in celebration of the 50th anniversary of their revolution. Francis spent 3 months in various regions of mainland China for the digital videotaping of these authentic historic location re-creations.

This was the first time that CCTV had hired American actors and, following an audition held in New York City, Francis booked one of the four lead parts of the entire series - the part of General Marshall, which is also the most important American role.

This made-for-television epic was a real adventurous first time experience for the Chinese and American cast and crew, a constant cultural wonder, and a daily bilingual challenge.

Here below on the left, Francis Dumaurier as General George C. Marshall, and on the right with Zhou Enlai of the Chinese Communist Party. The lower photographs show from left to right: with Chiang Kaishek of the Nationalists-Kuomintang, Chairman Mao Zedong and his wife Jiang Qing.