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JOYY’s Livestreaming Revenue Up 40% in Second Quarter of 2020

Aug 14, 2020 / News /

Chinese video-based social media company JOYY raked in 5.6 billion yuan ($793.7 million) in livestreaming revenue in the second quarter of 2020, up 40.1% from the same period in 2019, as the Covid-19 pandemic led to a surge in demand for online entertainment. Read More

Headlines from China: New York Film Festival 2020 Unveils Main Slate, With Three Chinese Languages Films Selected

Aug 14, 2020 / Headlines From China /

Film at Lincoln Center announced its full 25-film lineup for the 58th New York Film Festival, with new features from Jia Zhangke, Tsai Ming-liang, Philippe Garrel, and Frederick Wiseman in addition to the previously announced opening, centerpiece, and closing selections. Read More

Headlines from China: Urban Women-themed TV Drama Gets 5.6 Billion Views

Aug 13, 2020 / Headlines From China /

“Nothing But Thirty,” a Chinese hit TV drama about urban women, has racked up more than 5.6 billion views online as of Tuesday since its July 17 release. It has topped the daily online video view chart for Chinese TV dramas, which is compiled by Maoyan, a platform that provides film and TV drama data, for the past 23 consecutive days. Read More

Headlines from China: Disney Confirms A Theatrical Release for ‘Mulan’ in China

Aug 12, 2020 / Headlines From China /

Local cinemas in Shanghai can operate up to half of the theater's capacity starting from this Friday after the current 30 percent capacity limit is relaxed. Read More

Headlines from China: Japanese Director Takeshi Kitano’s 1999 Award-winning Film “Kikujiro” Sets For China Release

Aug 11, 2020 / Headlines From China /

The critically-acclaimed 1999 Japanese family film “Kikujiro” from the renowned Japanese director Takeshi Kitano, is set to make its Chinese mainland debut later this summer though the release date is yet to be announced. Read More

Headlines from China: China Launches New Guideline On Promoting Sci-Fi Films Development

Aug 10, 2020 / Headlines From China /

China Film Administration and the China Association for Science and Technology has jointedly issued a new guideline on promoting the development of Chinese sci-fi films. Read More

Headlines from China: Beijing Film Bureau Offers Another 20 Million Yuan Subsidies to Theaters In Need

Aug 7, 2020 / Headlines From China /

Beijing will offer a total of 20 million yuan ($2.9 million) in subsidies to 232 movie theaters hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, authorities said on Wednesday. The subsidies will favor small to mid-sized businesses with each cinema eligible for up to 500 thousand yuan, depending on their relative box office earnings in 2019. Read More

Headlines from China: Online Voting Opens for China’s 35th Hundred Flowers Film Awards

Aug 6, 2020 / Headlines From China /

Online voting has opened for Chinese audiences to nominate candidates for the 35th Hundred Flowers Awards, a top film award held once every two years in China. Read More

Headlines from China: Liu Cixin’s Science-fiction Novel ‘The Three-Body Problem’ Will Be Adapted Into a Live-action TV Series

Aug 5, 2020 / Headlines From China /

Streaming giant Tencent Video recently announced a list of several dozen new series to be released on the platform in the near future. Among these upcoming series, the adaptation of Liu Cixin’s Hugo Award-winning science-fiction novel “The Three-Body Problem” has caught wide attention as the memory of a failed film adaptation of the trilogy is still fresh. Read More

Headlines from China: Six Years Later, ‘Interstellar’’s Rerun Reaped Another Biggest Single-day Gross in China

Aug 4, 2020 / Headlines From China /

Christopher Nolan’s “Interstellar” had another blast in China with its re-release grossing $2.85 million on the past Sunday, making it the biggest single-day and highest “opening” day gross since Chinese cinemas resumed operations on July 20. Read More

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