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Headlines from China: Farewell, Musical.ly

Aug 3, 2018 / Headlines From China /

If you are a user of the video social network app Musical.ly, the next time when you update the app on your phone, you will see that the updated app becomes Tik Tok, the international version of hit Chinese short-video app Douyin. Read More

Headlines from China: How Chinese Conglomerates Fail to Conquer the Local Film Market

Jan 12, 2018 / Headlines From China /

With a string of collapsed investment deals attracting attention in 2017, many people believe that the Chinese government's tightened control over overseas investments hinder Chinese conglomerates' expansions in the entertainment industry. But is it true? Read More

Headlines from China: Wanda’s Legendary Entertainment Names Attorney Joshua Grode as CEO

Dec 6, 2017 / Headlines From China /

Legendary Entertainment, a U.S.-based media company and a subsidiary of the Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group, has named attorney Joshua Grode as CEO. Read More

Why the Curtain Is Falling on Chinese Investment in Hollywood

Nov 21, 2017 / Opinion /

Chinese investors are likely to continue eyeing up overseas motion picture projects — except this time, they’ll have more seasoned perspectives. Read More

Film as Soft Power and Hard Currency: The Sino-Hollywood Courtship

Oct 18, 2017 / China Film Insiders /

The old global hierarchies of developed and developing countries have been destabilized as emerging powers such as China compete with the reigning power, the United States, for global influence, and the European Union struggles to keep it together. Read More

Headlines from China: Does the Success of ‘The Foreigner’ Indicate a Brighter Future for Co-Productions?

Oct 17, 2017 / Headlines From China /

Along with a successful theatrical run in China, British-Chinese co-production 'The Foreigner' opened in North America on October 13, and has raked in $12.8 million during its opening weekend, ranking No. 3 in this region. Read More

‘Pokémon’ To Hit Chinese Cinema Screens For The First Time In 20 Years

Jun 1, 2017 / News /

Pokémon, the iconic Japanese animation franchise with a global following, looks set to hit Chinese cinema screens for the first time in 20 years as relations between China and Japan continue to thaw. Read More

Zhang Yimou Says China Needs to Produce Better Movies

May 11, 2017 / News /

Chinese director Zhang Yimou sounded more like a government representative than an artist during an interview with CNBC Thursday, but admitted that the quality of China's films remains an issue. Read More

China’s Biggest Movie Mogul Doesn’t Go to the Movies

Apr 21, 2017 / News /

Wang Jianlin “only goes to the cinema once a year, with his mother," according to a Financial Times report this week which cited an associate of the Dalian Wanda Group CEO. Read More

Wanda Cinemas Rebrands as Wanda Film Holding, 2016 Profit Up 15 Percent

Mar 31, 2017 / News /

Wanda Cinemas' name change indicates that the company still intends on reorganizing its entertainment assets after it shelved those plans late last year, when regulators expressed concern over the financial viability of the change. Read More

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