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China’s Online Multimedia Sector Bans Portrayal of Homosexuality

Jun 30, 2017  /  News  / 
China’s industry body for online broadcasting passed a set of guidelines banning the depiction of vulgar and unpatriotic content on Friday. Read More

Chinese Cinemas to Show Propaganda Trailer Ahead of Screenings

Jun 30, 2017  /  News  / 
Industry insiders said that cinemas have been instructed to show one of four minute-long videos collectively titled “The Glory and the Dream” before every movie screening. Read More

How ‘Bojack Horseman’ Became a Voice for a Generation of Disenfranchised Chinese

Jun 30, 2017  /  News  / 
Previously referred to as diǎosī (屌丝), the outlook of China's "losers" is characterized by "funeral (丧 sāng) culture" that sums up their bleak perspective on life. And when it comes to funeral culture, one television show stands above them all: "Bojack Horseman." Read More

Bally Introduces Chinese Actress Tiffany Tang as First Asia-Pacific Spokesperson

Jun 30, 2017  /  Entertainment Marketing  / 
The Swiss luxury fashion label announced yesterday that Chinese actress Tang Yan, better known as Tiffany Tang, is its first Asia-Pacific spokesperson. Read More

Huayi Brothers to Build Film Studio in Nanjing

Jun 30, 2017  /  News  / 
Leading Chinese studio Huayi Brothers Media broke ground on a new film studio in Nanjing, in China’s Jiangsu province on Wednesday. Read More

CFI Interview: Director Dayyan Eng ‘Wishes’ for Success with New Comedy

Jun 29, 2017  /  News  / 
Born in Taiwan, raised in Beijing, educated at the University of Washington and a graduate of Beijing Film Academy, director Dayyan Eng moves between English and Mandarin Chinese with ease. Read More

China Animated Film ‘Have a Nice Day’ Scores Raft of Global Deals

Jun 29, 2017  /  News  / 
Fresh from being blocked from screening at the French animated film festival Annecy, Chinese animated black comedy "Have A Nice Day" has secured a number of deals that will see the film go to multiple western territories, reports ScreenDaily. Read More

Why China’s $250M is a Disaster For ‘Transformers’ and What It Means for Other Hollywood Franchises

Jun 28, 2017  /  Box Office  / 
The projected $250 million finish for Transformers: The Last Knight in China may appear healthy in Paramount's books, but its significant decline from 2014's Age of Extinction signals a change in fortune not only for China's most lucrative franchise, but Hollywood franchises in general. Read More

TCB in RMB: Iger Celebrates Shanghai Disney’s First Anniversary

Jun 27, 2017  /  Money  / 
Disney CEO Bob Iger visited China again, this time for the first anniversary of the opening of Shanghai Disney Resort. Read More

China Allows Hollywood to Audit Box Office for First Time: Report

Jun 27, 2017  /  Box Office  / 
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Hollywood's powerful global lobby group, is auditing China’s box office figures for the first time reports Bloomberg, citing a person familiar with the matter. Read More

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