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Star Appeal Gave Failed Ponzi Scheme Extra Sparkle

Dec 21, 2016  /  News  / 
Actor Wang Baoqiang has been linked to a peer-to-peer (P2P) lending scheme that began to collapse over the summer, wiping out investments from tens of thousands of people and landing one of the company’s founders in detention. Read More

China Overtakes US with Almost 41,000 Movie Screens

Dec 21, 2016  /  News  / 
China now has the most cinema screens of any country in the world, capping a decade of construction that saw it add more than 20 movie screens per day. Read More

Film Review: ‘The Wasted Times’ is Vulgar and Silly, but Exquisite

Dec 20, 2016  /  Reviews  / 
Pretty people and prettier pictures are among the laudable assets in the pedigree and filigree of this gangster story set in Shanghai. Read More

‘Great Wall’ Production Company Angry Over Critic’s Comments

Dec 19, 2016  /  News  / 
With a budget of $150 million, The Great Wall is the most expensive Chinese production ever. American actor Matt Damon plays the lead role, alongside several Chinese A-listers and up-and-coming stars. Read More

Q&A With Fan Jian on Documentaries of Desire

Dec 19, 2016  /  News  / 
Veteran filmmaker Fan Jian’s latest documentary, "Still Tomorrow" won the Special Jury Award for Feature-Length Documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA), the world’s biggest festival for the genre. Read More

China Box Office: ‘The Great Wall’ Stands Tall with RMB 470 Million

Dec 19, 2016  /  Box Office  / 
"The Great Wall"’s debut was on par with this summer’s most commercially successful local film, "Time Raiders" (盗墓笔记), which pulled in RMB 476 million on its opening weekend in August on the way to an RMB 1 billion finish. Read More

‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ ‘Bridget Jones’s Baby’ Set for January China Release

Dec 19, 2016  /  News  / 
"Bridget Jones's Baby" will ring in the new year on January 1 in China, with "Kubo and the Two Strings" heading for Chinese cinema screens on January 13. Read More

Leonardo DiCaprio to Promote Chinese Electric Car Brand

Dec 16, 2016  /  News  / 
BYD said that DiCaprio will promote the company’s new-energy vehicles in China throughout 2017. Read More

How ‘Little Fresh Meats’ Are Winning China Over

Dec 15, 2016  /  News  / 
The phrase “little fresh meat” has been around now for several years and refers to someone who is athletic, young, and handsome. Read More

On Screen China: Will ‘The Great Wall’ Stand Tall?

Dec 15, 2016  /  Box Office  / 
Reportedly budgeted at US$150 million and in the works for seven long years, "The Great Wall" isn’t just another Chinese blockbuster aimed at a purely domestic audience. Read More

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