The Leader (Chinese)

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Chinese animation about the life and times of Karl Marx to be produced in China to commemorate his 200th birthday.

The Leader, which recounts the story of the German philosopher and socialist revolutionary, will be broadcast by Bilibili.com “soon”, the company said on Tuesday.

The production was commissioned by the central government’s Marxism office, in cooperation with authorities in Inner Mongolia; Weiming Culture Media, which is based in the region; and animation company Dongmantang, Bilibili said on Weibo, China’s Twitter-like service.

The social media post did not say how many episodes the series would comprise or when it would air, but said it had been created to mark the 200th anniversary of Marx’s birth.