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Independent Chinese films facing financing anddistribution problems are now finding their way outthrough the U.S, market.

Karin Chien literally began herfilm career on the bottomfloor sweeping and moppingfloors as a lowly intern at afilmmaking company in New Yorksome eight years ago. Little did sheknow, one day she herself would notonly become an independent filmproducer but also start a venture tobring her fellow filmmakers' pro-ductions from China, the homelandof her parents.