Headlines from China: Chinese Regulators Limit Smoking Scenes in Film & TV

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According to the notice, smoking scenes irrelevant to plots and characterizations should be strictly limited. Scenes involving smoking in public space should be reduced as much as possible. Scenes of juveniles smoking should be banned. Read More

Headlines from China: Is Live-streaming Becoming A New Secret Weapon for Selling Movie Tickets?

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On November 5, two lead actors of upcoming comedy film "My Dear Liar" teamed up with top e-commerce live streamer Viya to sell ticket vouchers of the movie through her live streaming channel on Alibaba's ecommerce platform Taobao. Over 100,000 ticket vouchers were sold during the livestreaming. Read More

Headlines from China: Beijing Culture Buys Land to Build Film Town

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Beijing Culture will build a film town based on films produced by the company. The tourism spot will include shopping areas, hotels, film studios & theatres, theme parks and restaurants. Read More

Metals-Turned-Movie-Maker Collapses Amid Film Industry Downturn

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A Chinese company that started life as a metals firm and transformed into a film studio betting on the domestic industry’s bright prospects has gone bust as the sector slows. Read More

Headlines from China: Beijing Culture Reports Losses For First Half of 2019

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Beijing Culture reported a net loss of RMB53.68 million for the first half of 2019,  according to the company's newly released semi-annual financial statement. Read More

Four Things to Watch in China’s Film Industry

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China’s film market has become one of the two major drivers of global box office growth in recent years, but if strong growth is to continue its local industry will need more confidence, patience, and professional workers, market watchers say. Read More

Far East Film Festival: A First Taste of Commercial Chinese Cinema

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At the 21st edition of the festival – which drew to a close on May 4 – there were 10 films from China on show across all programmes, and they revealed much about the state of the commercial film industry there as a whole. Read More

Headlines from China: Douyin Extends Time Limit to One Minute to Encourage Vlog Content

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According to Douyin, the popularity of vlog has been rising since 2018 and posts tagged with "vlog" has gained over 15 billion views in total on the platform. Read More

Headlines from China: Top 50 Most-watched Chinese Films from 2011 to 2019

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Because price of a movie ticket varies, a film’s box office earnings can’t precisely reflect how many times the film has been viewed in theater. Read More

Headlines from China: China to Livestream Oscar Ceremony with Chinese Commentators

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China will livestream the 91st Academy Award ceremony on February 25. Since the ceremony has no host, three Chinese guest commentators are invited to interpret and comment on the live broadcast for Chinese audiences. Read More

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