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This week, China's Cyberspace Administration launched a two-month campaign to curb social media posts that "excessively exaggerate negative and pessimistic sentiments".

Tackling a pessimistic public mood also requires more than policies.

Palestinian politics has ossified in the meantime, leaving most Palestinians cynical about their leadership and pessimistic about the chances of any kind of internal reconciliation, let alone progress towards statehood.

"I don't want to be pessimistic, and I don't want to sensationalise this, but I really am concerned about the issue we find ourselves in," said Mr Richards.

But the film also left me pessimistic about where we’re headed.