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Contemporary Chinese Cinema: The Year So Far

Dec 7, 2017 / Opinion /

This is an unsteady time, as likely to be exhilarating as confounding, as Chinese cinema attempts to both assert itself as what we are repeatedly told will soon be the world’s largest film market while integrating the stars and traditions of the Hong Kong and Taiwanese pop culture industries. Read More

Headlines from China: Wanda’s Legendary Entertainment Names Attorney Joshua Grode as CEO

Dec 6, 2017 / Headlines From China /

Legendary Entertainment, a U.S.-based media company and a subsidiary of the Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group, has named attorney Joshua Grode as CEO. Read More

Chan-tastic! Legendary Action Star Jackie Chan Seeks Transition to More Dramatic Roles

Dec 6, 2017 / People /

After more than 130 movies in which he perfected his own comic persona and a delirious slapstick and acrobatic fighting style, the 63-year-old action star has set his sights on becoming a dramatic actor. Read More

Chinese Comics App Raises $177 Million in Investment

Dec 6, 2017 / News /

One of China’s most popular mobile apps for reading comics, Kuaikan Manhua, announced Friday that it had completed a Series D financing round totaling $177 million — the largest investment to date for the country’s booming comics industry. Read More

Headlines from China: Sci-fi Fan Barack Obama Meets Chinese Novelist Liu Cixin in Beijing

Dec 5, 2017 / Headlines From China /

At the recent Global Education Summit in Beijing, former U.S. President Barack Obama met Chinese sci-fi writer Liu Cixin whose science fiction novel 'The Three-Body Problem' reportedly influenced Obama's presidency. Read More

Barco Joins Forces with China Film Co., Appotronics and CITICPE

Dec 5, 2017 / Money /

The joint venture will serve as the dedicated commercialization systems channel for each company’s products and services for the global cinema market excluding Mainland China. Read More

Meet Jackie Chan’s Body Double

Dec 5, 2017 / People /

Soldier-turned-actor Liu Peng, who has worked as a body double for martial arts superstar Jackie Chan since 2014, talks about how he caught his first big break. Read More

Hobnob in Hong Kong: CineAsia 2017 Places Special Focus on China

Dec 4, 2017 / News /

At CineAsia, attendees will get the chance to hear about the current trends and new state-of-the-art technologies in the motion picture industry. This year’s show will take place at the Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Centre on December 11-14. Read More

Headlines from China: iQIYI’s ‘Burning Ice’ and ‘Tientsin Mystic’ Coming to Netflix in Early 2018

Dec 4, 2017 / Headlines From China /

After Youku announced its distribution deal with Netflix, iQIYI also revealed that its original drama series 'Burning Ice,' 'Tientsin Mystic will be available on Netflix in the first quarter of 2018. Read More

Meet Disney’s Next ‘Mulan’, Chinese Actress Liu Yifei