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A missive from the peak years of China’s integration with the global capitalist economy, THE WORLD is set in Beijing’s World Park, a sprawling theme park featuring scaled replicas of global landmarks. Migrant workers like Tao (Zhao Tao) and Taisheng (Chen Taisheng) staff the park and aspire toward better things: love, a dream career in the arts, any sort of future in a place where the ground perpetually shifts under one’s feet.