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Alibaba, HTC Announce Virtual Reality Partnership

Aug 10, 2016 / News /

Chinese tech giant Alibaba’s cloud computing division Alicloud and Taiwan device maker HTC announced a strategic alliance in virtual reality on Tuesday. Read More

Xiaomi Reveals Its VR Headset

Aug 9, 2016 / News /

China is obsessed with Virtual Reality, and smartphone giant Xiaomi is not about to be left behind. Read More

China Box Office: ‘Time Raiders’ Defies Lousy Buzz with Thursday Release

Aug 8, 2016 / Box Office /

Sensing a backlash against cheesy visual effects and wooden acting, the film's distributor applied for and was granted a last-minute Thursday evening release. The move paid off. Read More

Can China’s Internet Celebrities Gain International Stardom?

Aug 5, 2016 / News /

Having received a joint investment of over US$1 million, Papi Jiang is considered one of China’s most successful internet celebrities, or wang hong (网红). Globally, she still has a long way to go. Read More

On Screen China: Summer Slump Sees July Drop 18% from A Year Earlier

Aug 5, 2016 / News /

The month was the third this year—following April and May—in which the Chinese box office shrank from the same month a year earlier. Read More

Chinese Media Blames Spate of Poor Quality Films for Flagging Box Office

Aug 4, 2016 / News /

People’s Daily launched a broadside against the country’s film industry on Thursday, blaming the sector’s dramatic reversal in fortunes on “terrible” and “mediocre” films. Read More

Top Chinese Film Animation Boosted by Crowdfunding

Aug 3, 2016 / News /

Film and TV crowdfunding campaigns in China hit around 500 million yuan (U.S.$75 million) in 2015. Read More

China Said To Target Korean Entertainment Amid Missile Defense Dispute

Aug 2, 2016 / News /

China is a primary market for the Korean Wave of pop culture products such as KPop and films that long have dominated East Asia. Read More

Blockbuster Director Feng Xiaogang Signs with CAA

Aug 2, 2016 / News /

CAA also represents Chinese directors including Zhang Yimou and Lu Chuan, Hong Kong directors John Woo and Wong Kar Wai, and Oscar-winning Chinese-American director Ang Lee. Read More

China Box Office: ‘League of Gods’ Rises to Top But Fails to Score Big

Aug 1, 2016 / Box Office /

Analysts can blame drop in subsidized ticketing for box office slump, but only quality films will entice moviegoers back into cinemas. Read More

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