Chinese Film Market Hits Second-Highest Holiday Box Office Record
China’s box office revenues exceeded 6.04 billion yuan ($948 million) during the week-long Spring Festival holiday, ending Sunday, the China Film Administration announced Monday. Despite the achievement, many industry observers explained their frustration that last year’s record, 7.84 billion yuan, wasn’t broken and that takings slumped 23% year on year compared with 2021. Read more China.org.cn
The Fonts That Made China’s Digital Revolution Possible
The rise of Yahei and Pingfang has ushered in something of a golden age for Chinese font design, at least commercially, as more and more tech companies are demanding their own fonts. Although this has benefitted font designers and allowed the industry to attract investment, the truth is that there are now so many Heiti fonts specifically designed for mobile devices that overlap between them is all but guaranteed, and few consumers can tell the difference anymore. Read more Sixth Tone
