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Mao's Last Dancer
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 Kyle MacLachlan, Charles C. Foster, and Li Cunxin
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Charles C. Foster, Co-ChairCharles C. Foster, Co-Founder of FosterQuan LLP, Portrayed in Inspiring Film, "Mao's Last Dancer"
The story made international headlines in 1981. Famed Houston Ballet star Li Cunxin, a Chinese national, was forcibly detained inside the Chinese Consulate after informing Chinese authorities that he intended to remain in the United States. Li's immigration attorney, FosterQuan LLP founding partner Charles Foster, refused to abandon his client at the consulate for concerns that the Chinese would spirit Li out of the country against his will. What followed was a tense and sometimes surreal 21-hour negotiation, during which Foster went to federal court to obtain a restraining order, meeting two federal judges in the early morning hours at the rear entrance of the U.S. District Courthouse in Houston. All the while, he quietly phoned senior U. S. authorities, alerting them to the legal consequences of forcible repatriation to further prevent Li's removal from the United States. |
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That incident is now replayed as part of the inspiring film “Mao’s Last Dancer,” scheduled to be released theatrically on Friday, August 20th in several major markets by Samuel Goldwyn Films and ATO Pictures. The film is based on the best-selling autobiography of the same name, which chronicles Li’s life story from an impoverished childhood in China to international stardom as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet.
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