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Headlines from China: 35th Hundred Flowers Awards Announced Winners

Sep 28, 2020 / Headlines From China /

Although China’s National Day holiday will not begin until this Thursday (Oct 1), Chinese box office is already warmed up with the early release of the highly-anticipated sports drama film “Leap”. Read More

Headlines from China: 11th China Film Directors’ Guild Awards Unveiled Winners

Sep 25, 2020 / Headlines From China /

China Film Directors’ Guild hosted an annual commendation ceremony in Beijing last Saturday and unveiled the winners for its 11th edition of guild awards. Read More

Headlines from China: Wong Kar-wai Moves Ahead With a Newly Scripted ‘Chungking Express’ Sequel

Sep 24, 2020 / Headlines From China /

News have surfaced on Chinese social media that Wong Kar-wai has written a sequel to his celebrated 1994 romance 'Chungking Express’ titled ‘Chungking Express 2020’. Read More

Headlines from China: iQIYI’s Successful Release of Another Suspense Drama for Its Highly-Acclaimed ‘Mist Theater’

Sep 23, 2020 / China Film Insiders /

iQiyi’s fifth suspense drama in its highly-acclaimed “Mist Theater” series—“The Long Night” is making headlines again. Read More

Headlines from China: Chinese Mainland Box Office On Its Way to Surpass North America And Become World’s Largest Film Market

Sep 22, 2020 / Headlines From China /

Chinese experts predicted on Monday that the mainland box office is very likely to surpass its North American counterpart and become the world’s largest film market in 2020. Read More

Headlines from China: TikTok Deal is About to Close, ByteDance Plans US IPO For TikTok Global

Sep 21, 2020 / Headlines From China /

The Beijing-based Internet giant Bytedance, is planning to list TikTok Global—the joint venture set up in the latest TikTok deal, in U.S. stock market should its proposed deal be cleared by the U.S. government. Read More

Headlines from China: Tencent Inks Deal With England’s Premier League to Show Soccer Games in China

Sep 18, 2020 / Headlines From China /

After the contract dispute with Chinese local video streaming site PPTV forced the Premier League to quit the market for a while, the England’s prestigious soccer league finally signed a deal with Internet giant Tencent to play the rest of the season’s games on Tencent’s wide-ranging digital platforms including WeChat, QQ.com and Tencent Video. Read More

Headlines from China: China’s Top Film Firm Huayi Brothers Reveals New Future Projects

Sep 17, 2020 / Headlines From China /

On Wednesday, China’s leading film company Huayi Brothers Media unveiled an attractive new list of future film projects. The list includes 18 film projects of various genres to be released between the rest of 2020 and 2021 by 19 renowned domestic and international directors. Read More

Headlines from China: Preparing for National Holiday, China to Raise Movie Theater Capacity to 75 Percent

Sep 16, 2020 / Headlines From China /

China will ease the pandemic safety measures and raise allowed movie theater viewer limit from 50% to 75% starting on September 25, according to the statement announced by China Film Distribution & Exhibition Association on Tuesday. Read More

Headlines from China: China’s Box Office Hits 5 Billion Yuan Since Movie Theaters Reopening in July

Sep 15, 2020 / Headlines From China /

China’s total box office revenue has hit 5 million yuan (about 733 million US dollars) benchmark by Monday since theaters reopened on July 20 after months of closure. Epic war drama "The Eight Hundred," formally released on Aug. 21, contributed more than half of the total. Read More

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