Education
Cao Baoping graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1989, and spent most of the 1990s teaching screenwriting at his alma mater.
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Cao Baoping graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1989, and spent most of the 1990s teaching screenwriting at his alma mater.
Since retiring he moved into assistant management and then gained his first Head coaching position with Beijing Institute of Technology Football Club Cao Xiandong was considered a talented midfielder and was soon called up to the Chinese under-17 team that took part in the 1985 Fédération internationale de football association U-16 World Championship where were knocked out in the quarter-finals to West Germany in a 4-2 defeat. He eventually went on to graduate to the senior team of Beijing and once he started to become a regular he was given his debut for his country in a friendly against North of Korea on August 31, 1992 in a 0-0 draw. He soon established himself as a regular for the national team and went to the Football at the 1994 Asian Games where came runners-up to Uzbekistan in a 4-2 defeat in the final.
After this success Cao Xiandong decided to join Qingdao Yizhong Hainiu for a brief period before joining second-tier club Beijing Kuanli in 1999 where he soon ended his playing career with them.
As a player.
Some industry watchers, like Variety, have situated directors like Cao between the older fifth generation directors, such as Chen Kaige or Zhang Yimou, who have achieved major international and box-office success, and the more "underground" sixth generation directors, like Jia Zhangke and Wang Xiaoshuai. The film was well received and Cao would win a best new director award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival for his efforts.