Headlines From China: Disney Plus Asian Production Slate Expands With Chinese and Korean Series and ‘Anita’ Adaptation

Disney Plus Asian Production Slate Expands With Chinese and Korean Series and ‘Anita’ Adaptation

A series adaptation of recently-released feature film “Anita,” a biopic of the actor and Cantopop singing star Anita Mui, heads an expanded slate of East Asian content that will join the Disney Plus streaming service over the next year. Disney Plus will also release “A Lifelong Journey,” a Chinese-language drama series adapted from a novel of the same name, which won the 2019 Mao Dun Literature Prize. Read more Variety

Tencent’s WeChat Mini Program Daily Users in China Hit 450 Mln

WeChat said on Thursday that average daily active users for its mini programs hit 450 million in 2021. That represents a 13% increase from a year earlier, much slower than the 33% growth seen in 2020, according to previous figures released by Tencent. Read more Reuters