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LeEco Seeks to Sell Property Assets as Cash Crunch Continues

Apr 21, 2017 / Money /

LeEco is seeking to sell a prime piece of real estate in Beijing's Sanlitun entertainment district, the Shimao Gongsan, that it bought in 2016 for US$420 million, according to Reuters. Read More

Apple in Beijing’s Sights Over Live Streaming

Apr 21, 2017 / Legal /

Live-streaming apps have come under greater scrutiny from regulators, in part due to the spread of sexually suggestive or explicit performances carried by them, but also for the potential of some to showcase instances of civil unrest. 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

Classic 1987 Arcade Game ‘Contra’ Set To Become Movie

Apr 20, 2017 / News /

Contra, the 1987 classic arcade game by Konami, is set to become a live-action feature film, it was revealed in Beijing on Wednesday. The project was one of three scripts by Beijing Starlit Movie and TV Culture approved by China’s film bureau this month. While the plot of the film is similar to the classic Read More

China’s Road Pictures Set To Remake ‘Run Lola Run’

Apr 20, 2017 / News /

Beijing-based Road Pictures has secured remake rights to "Run, Lola Run," the company’s chairman Cai Gongming announced at an event on the sidelines of the Beijing International Film Festival. Read More

Who’s Minding the Store in China?

Apr 19, 2017 / Legal /

It’s one thing to sell knockoff Mickey Mouse backpacks at a mall in Nanchang, where you could clear out in a day if you had to. It’s quite another to build and operate a theme park. Read More

CMC Capital Partners Takes Stake in CAA, Forms China Joint Venture

Apr 18, 2017 / Money /

CMC Capital Partners will take a stake in Creative Artists Agency (CAA), and add CMC Capital Partners Chairman Li Ruigang added to CAA's board, the global management company announced Tuesday. Read More

Director Chen Kaige: Cannes China Snub ‘Not The End Of The World’

Apr 18, 2017 / News /

Chen Kaige, the only Chinese director to win the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or, dismissed the snubbing of Chinese cinema by the European festival this year as “not the end of the world” on Monday. Read More

China Box Office: ‘Furious 8’ Paves New Roads

Apr 17, 2017 / Box Office /

In three days of release, The Fate of the Furious became the highest-grossing Hollywood film of 2017, toppling several all-time box office records, and cementing the series’ unrivaled popularity in China. Read More

Beijing International Film Festival: Aamir Khan to Promote New Film, Korean Exclusion Not Political

Apr 17, 2017 / News /

One of Bollywood's biggest stars is on his way to China to promote his new film, and a Chinese film official has stated that the absence of Korean titles at the Beijing International Film Festival is "not political." Read More

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