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My favorite quote from this film is the native chief explaining the limitations on his powers to the father of the long-lost boy: "Any chief who doesn't tell his followers what they want to hear doesn't stay chief very long."

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By 'real magic,' people mean miracles, thaumaturgical acts, and supernatural powers.

These people, by their actions, were able to do what the powers that be, North and South, could not or would not do.

The solar power of all the factory centers and all the industrial zones with their light roofs powers the city.

Whereas we tend to view it as an intruder, a stranger, certainly an organ whose powers need to be limited or defined and constrained, the Chinese don't see the state like that at all.

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