Claws of the Red Dragon is a Canadian dramatictelevision film, broadcast byNTD Canada in September 2019.[1] A fictionalization of the political and diplomatic issues surrounding the 2018 arrest ofHuawei CFOMeng Wanzhou by theRoyal Canadian Mounted Police, the film centres on the efforts of journalist Jane Li (Dorren Lee) to expose the ties of Chinese telecommunications company Huaxing to theChinese Communist Party.[2]
The film's cast also includesEric Peterson as James MacAvoy, Canada's ambassador to China and a thinly veiled fictionalization ofJohn McCallum.[2]
The film attracted controversy in August 2019 when, just days before its Canadian television premiere, American political strategistSteve Bannon signed on as the film's American distributor and was added as a creditedexecutive producer.[3] The addition of Bannon to the production team led theCanada Media Fund to withdraw its funding agreement.[1] The film subsequently had its American television premiere on the news channelOne America News Network in October 2019.[4]
The film received aCanadian Screen Award nomination forBest TV Movie at the8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.[5][6]
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