Popular TV series pays tribute to unsung national security heroes

(China Daily) For screenwriter Wang Xiaoqiang, time was the sharpest "weapon" when crafting The Long Watch, an espionage drama about China's national security affairs.   Spanning the late 1990s to 2015, the story uses a 20-year timeline to show how ordinary people's lives and fates are shaped by changing times — and how some emerge as heroes while others become spies and betray their country, Wang said at a recent seminar in Beijing.   One of the season's popular dramas, the 40-episode serie

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