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Li Lin: The Huaqiao Heroine

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Director: 曾剑锋
Cast: 牛军 · 王全有 · 李抒航 · 锡日苏伦雅 · 韩亚奥

Storyline

The story of Li Lin, a heroine of the Chinese resistance against Japan. In 1940, on the battlefield of Yanbei beyond the Great Wall, a female Eighth Route Army soldier, three months pregnant, led a cavalry platoon in a fierce charge to cover the breakout of headquarters and civilian groups. She was the only overseas Chinese heroine of the war, Shanxi's first female guerrilla leader, and the only woman to serve as an instructor in a cavalry unit of the Eighth Route Army. In the heat of battle, Li Lin was blown off her horse and fell unconscious. In her mind, memories flashed: the humiliation suffered while living in the Dutch East Indies, her return to China and her struggles against a corrupt government while pursuing an education, and her loving mother's earnest entreaties. Yet the iron heel of the Japanese invaders and her sense of duty to the Chinese people compelled her to abruptly end her university studies and go to the front lines in Shanxi. She was not only brave but also strategic, founding a guerrilla unit under the Party's leadership and seizing horses from the enemy to create the Eighth Route Army's first cavalry battalion, leading her troops to inflict heavy losses on Japanese and puppet forces. Li Lin was both a warrior and a capable administrator, deeply devoted to the Jin-Sui region and forming profound bonds with her comrades and the people of Pinglu. There, she not only liberated many women from feudal families and set them on the revolutionary path of women's emancipation, but also found love, marrying her comrade Qu Jian, a talented scholar, and became pregnant with their child. In battle, she moved with agility and fearlessness amid a hail of bullets, her firm gaze revealing her loyalty and love for her country. In the most difficult moment of the fight, Li Lin fought alone to cover her comrades until she died a heroic death at the age of just 24. She shed her blood on the land she deeply loved, composing with her life a magnificent anthem. Her mysterious origins were also revealed at the end. Though Li Lin is gone, her spirit shines forever. She is the pride of overseas Chinese and a role model for women, inspiring us to strive forward in the new era and to remember history and honor the martyrs. In 2009, Li Lin was selected as one of the 100 "Heroic Model Figures Who Made Outstanding Contributions to the Founding of New China."