Chung Kuo, Cina ([ˌtʃuŋˈkwo ˈtʃiːna], "Zhongguo, China") is a 1972 Italian television documentary directed by Michelangelo Antonioni.

[citation needed] Chung Kuo was well received in Italy, provoking discussion on "Antonioni's China" as well as screenings and airings in other countries.

[4] Chinese Communist Party leaders interpreted the film as reactionary and anti-Chinese for showing what they considered to be the embarrassing blemishes of everyday life.

"[5]: 14  Jiang Qing criticized Premier Zhou Enlai's role in Antonioni's invitation to China as not only a failure but also treasonous.

[6]: 121 A year after the initial broadcast, the People's Daily published a scathing editorial[5]: 13–14  titled A Vicious Motive, Despicable Tricks (Chinese: 恶毒的用心, 卑劣的手法), denouncing the film and accusing Antonioni of creating "viciously distorted scenes" in order to "slander China’s Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution and insult the Chinese people".