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Headlines From China: China Outlines 14th Five-Year Plan For Movies

Nov 17, 2021 / Headlines From China /

Outlining its 14th “Five-Year Plan” for the development of Chinese films, the China Film Administration has said it plans to increase the number of movie screens in the country to 100,000 by 2025. Read More

Will the Next ‘Squid Game’ Be Made in China?

Nov 17, 2021 / News /

Korean dramas stole the headlines in 2021. But China is also quietly emerging as a global TV powerhouse — and the U.S. streaming giants are starting to take notice. Read More

Headlines From China: How Much Money Marvel Movies Have Made at China Box Office

Nov 15, 2021 / Headlines From China /

Marvel Cinematic Universe movies are some of the biggest movies of the year — at least in the US. Read More

Virtual Insanity, Not: Why Looking at NFTs, Gaming and the Metaverse Makes Sense for Luxury

Nov 15, 2021 / News /

NFTs? Skins? CryptoPunks? You’re already fed up with it all? You think it’s just noise? For luxury, it’s more exciting than you think. Read More

Amid Crackdown on “Excessively Entertaining” Content, Low-Key Programs Could Set the Tone For 2022

Nov 11, 2021 / News /

The new Shanghai-based program “Flash Cafe” invites musical guests to enjoy a cup of coffee, chat, and perform a song. As we enter the final weeks of 2021, China’s wide-ranging crackdown on celebrities, fan culture, and the domestic entertainment industry — covered in our recent report, What China’s Big Celebrity Crackdown Means For Luxury — shows no Read More

Headlines From China: China’s Tech Crackdown Is Upending Lives From Beijing to Kentucky

Nov 10, 2021 / News /

For the past five years, Catrina Cowart started most of her days at 5 a.m. with a live-streamed call from China. Read More

In Wuzhen, a Theater Festival Without Any Drama

Nov 10, 2021 / News /

This year’s Wuzhen Theater Festival tried to pretend the events of the past two years never happened. The results were as comforting as they were irrelevant. Read More

What China’s Big Celebrity Crackdown Means For Luxury

Nov 9, 2021 / News /

In 2021, the expanding scrutiny of China’s booming celebrity culture crackdown carries especially strong long-term implications for the marketing efforts of many luxury brands. Read More

Headlines From China: Wild, Creative, Disturbing: Inside China’s ‘Hyperpop’ Music Scene

Nov 9, 2021 / Headlines From China /

Around halfway through filming for a September episode of “Strawberry Man” — one of China’s hottest new music talent shows — the judging panel was confronted by something completely new. Read More

Headlines From China: ‘No Time to Die’ Nears $50M, ‘Snake Eyes’ Dead on Arrival

Nov 8, 2021 / Headlines From China /

MGM’s "No Time to Die," Daniel Craig’s swan song as James Bond, added $11.4 million in its second weekend in China’s cinemas. Read More

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