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IQiyi Wins Streaming Deal With English Premier League

Jul 23, 2021 / News /

Chinese streaming platform iQiyi Inc. struck a broadcast rights deal with the English Premier League, the company said Wednesday. Read More

TikTok Rival Kuaishou Wins Rights to Tokyo and Beijing Olympics

Jun 28, 2021 / News /

Chinese short video company Kuaishou has won the broadcasting rights to the next two Olympic Games as the TikTok rival hits a milestone in its user numbers. Read More

Trailing Rivals, Tencent Short-Video App Pivots to Movies and TV

Jun 24, 2021 / News /

Tencent’s plan to reposition Weishi comes as the short-video app has fallen behind rivals Douyin and Kuaishou. Read More

Trending in China: Wanda Tycoon’s Son Accused of Harassing a Woman for Four Years

Jun 17, 2021 / News /

With more than 14 million followers on Weibo, Wanda Group heir Wang Sicong regularly attracts a six-figure viewership for his posts on wealth, celebrity and women. Read More

Chinese Gaming Tycoon Dies After Suspected Poisoning

Dec 30, 2020 / Legal /

Yoozoo Games is best known for its Game of Thrones: Winter Is Coming game, as well as its upcoming movie adaptation of popular sci-fi novel series “The Three-Body Problem.” Read More

How China’s E-Commerce Giants Enable Illegal Online Gambling

Nov 17, 2020 / Chinasplaining /

Gamblers have funneled over $100 billion through Chinese tech platforms during the pandemic. Now, the police are cracking down. Read More

U.K.’s Premier League Ends China Soccer Coverage Agreements

Sep 7, 2020 / News /

The U.K.’s Premier League terminated a 650 million pound ($861.6 million) agreement for the broadcast of English soccer matches in China amid growing political tension between the two countries. Read More

Tencent Pushes for Merger That Would Create $10 Billion Chinese Twitch

Aug 12, 2020 / Game /

China’s answer to Amazon's Twitch — the wildly popular streaming site where gamers broadcast themselves — is the powerful duopoly of DouYu and Huya. Read More

Video Streamer iQiyi Eyeing Southeast Asian, Middle East Expansion, Executive Says

Aug 3, 2020 / Headlines From China /

Chinese video streaming giant iQiyi is deepening localization in Southeast Asia with plans to establish local teams in East Asia and the Middle East in future. Read More

Shanghai Film Festival Rekindles Childhood Memories with Outdoor Screenings

Jul 31, 2020 / Film /

Movie lovers in Shanghai are reliving childhood memories by attending outdoor screenings free of charge this summer. The 23rd Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) which opened last weekend, is one of the largest in East Asia, and has shifted outdoors as the city hosts around 150 screenings in major commercial areas and community centers. Read More

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