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With IPO Plans, China’s Hipster Movie Review Site Turns Pragmatic

Aug 8, 2017 / News /

A leaked internal email that the company's founder and CEO, Yang Bo, sent to his employees called for the company to make a 'pragmatic' pivot. Read More

Headlines from China: Netflix to Produce First Chinese Language Original Series

Aug 7, 2017 / Headlines From China /

Netflix announced its first Chinese language original series: an eight-episode jailbreak thriller called Bardo that will be directed by Taiwanese filmmaker Sam Quah. Read More

The Time for Paid Content in China is Now: Douban Time Goes Live

Mar 8, 2017 / News /

Douban is the latest player in the emerging paid content market in China, which WeChat looks to be joining soon as well. Read More

Commentator Tells Online Critics to Go Easy on Homegrown Cinema

Dec 28, 2016 / News /

An article published on the mobile platform of People’s Daily on Wednesday attracted ridicule for claiming that “irresponsible” low online ratings and negative comments were damaging trust in the domestic film industry. Read More

Chinese Review Website Douban Forms Film Production Company

Aug 24, 2016 / News /

Douban, China’s most active and influential media review website, is moving into film production. Read More

China Box Office: Crime Thriller ‘Cold War 2’ First Local No. 1 in Two Months

Jul 12, 2016 / Box Office /

Despite speculation about dissolution of foreign film import cap, four of the top five spots this weekend belonged to Chinese-language films Read More

On Screen China: Appealing to the Lowest Common Denominator

Dec 28, 2015 / Box Office /

Actor-director Deng Chao was accused of pushing Chinese comedy “to a new low in terms of racist and homophobic humor” after Deng himself donned blackface in last year’s The Breakup Guru, yet that film still managed to haul in $103 million from Chinese moviegoers. Read More