On June 23, the Australian Chinese TeoChew Youth Association Inc, together with CMC Pictures, presented the highly anticipated Australian premiere of Chinese box-office hit, Dear You, to about 1,300 moviegoers in Sydney.

Dear You, which cost about 14 million yuan ($2.06 million) to make, had by mid-June raked in more than 1.8 billion yuan at the domestic box office since its Chinese mainland release on April 30, making it one of China's highest-grossing films so far this year.

The movie tells the story of migrants from Chaoshan — a region that includes the cities of Shantou, Chaozhou and Jieyang, all in Guangdong province — who headed to Southeast Asia in search of work and a better life. It describes their trials and tribulations as they strove to maintain family and community ties across generations, along with the significant use of qiaopi.

Source: China Daily
Editor: Lyu Yun