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Alibaba Pictures Invests in Hangzhou Cinema Company

Aug 25, 2016 / Money /

Alibaba Pictures is investing RMB 100 million (US$15.2 million) for an 80 percent stake in a cinema operator in its hometown of Hangzhou, as it takes on rival Dalian Wanda. 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

Chinese Star Fan Bingbing Quits Shark Horror-Adventure ‘Meg’

Aug 23, 2016 / News /

Chinese actress Fan Bingbing has announced she is pulling out of the thriller Meg (巨齿鲨), being made by Warner Bros. and Chinese company Gravity Pictures. Read More

China’s Live Streaming Boom Spawns Online Celebrity Agent Industry

Aug 22, 2016 / News /

Getting set up with a live streaming account and filming content for audiences might only take a few minutes, but to become a Chinese internet celebrity is much more complex. Read More

Wanda to Partner with South Korea’s CJ CGV?

Aug 19, 2016 / News /

Wanda Cinema Line, China’s biggest movie-theater operator, is in talks with CJ CGV, South Korea's largest movie theater chain, possibly with a view to partnering up in China. Read More

Shanghai Film Shares Rise on IPO

Aug 17, 2016 / Money /

Shanghai Film Group saw its stock prices climb 44 percent on its first day of trading Wednesday, just one week after China Film Co. did the same in its own IPO. Read More

Filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang Takes Down Piracy Site

Aug 16, 2016 / News /

Director Tsai Ming-liang struck a blow against piracy in the world’s second-largest film market on Tuesday, forcing the takedown of a file sharing website. Read More

Virtual Reality Arcades Are Booming In Shanghai

Aug 12, 2016 / News /

China has a well-documented fascination with VR, and while top-of-the-line headsets are still too pricey for average consumers, VR arcades are cropping up to fill the gap. Read More

Will Netflix Ever Go to China?

Aug 11, 2016 / News /

Netflix has not entered the Chinese market, and unless it changes its business strategy or China changes its approach to regulating content and Internet streaming, it probably will not be doing so soon. Read More

Two Entertainment IPOs Land Large: China Film Co. and Omnijoi

Aug 10, 2016 / News /

CFC's listing was the biggest, most anticipated in China's booming entertainment sector, with shares rising the daily allowed maximum of 44%. Read More

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