Here Are the Top Reads From China’s $5 Billion Online Literature Market

 /  Online Literature  / 
From romances and period dramas to coming-of-age tales and martial arts epics, here are the stories that hooked China’s e-bookworms in 2020. Read More

Upcoming Launch of ‘Steam China’ Has Gamers Worried

 /  Game  / 
A localized version will likely mean more oversight, and thus fewer games to choose from. Read More

Headlines From China: Controversial Writer-Director Guo Jingmin Suspected of Breaching Agreement After Apologizing for Plagiarism

 /  Headlines From China  / 
The controversial Chinese writer-director Guy Jingmin has once again incurred public criticism just two weeks after he apologized for plagiarism. Read More

Headlines From China: CCI Take: E-Commerce Livestreaming Hits the Global Mainstream

 /  Headlines From China  / 
Livestreaming has become big business in China in recent years, as platforms and brands alike have seized the opportunity to reach consumers and nudge them along the path to seamless online purchases. Read More

Kuaishou IPO Could be Only Weeks Away

 /  Short Video  / 
The TikTok-like Kuaishou could be preparing to list on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange as early as Feb 5, people close to the deal told Caixin. The expected IPO could raise as much as $5 billion and make it the first major short-video platform to go public. Read More

An Actor’s Rumored Surrogacy Is a Massive Scandal in China

 /  Celebrity  / 
Surrogacy is both illegal in the country and widely viewed as exploitative of women. Read More

Headlines From China: A List of Top Performing Foreign Films in China in 2020

 /  Headlines From China  / 
China.org.cn put together a list of imported films that had best performance in China in the year of 2020 to reflect changes in the world’s largest film market and to predict future trends. Read More

Tencent Music to Buy Audiobook Platform Lazy Audio for $416 million

 /  Music  / 
Tencent Music Entertainment Group (TME), a unit of internet giant Tencent, is expanding its business scope with a deal to buy Lazy Audio, a Chinese provider of audio entertainment including audiobooks, comedies, podcasts and radio shows. Read More

Headlines From China: Beijing Enlight Media Selected Legacy Entertainment to Design Its ‘Enlight Epicenter’ in China

 /  Headlines From China  / 
China’s largest privately-owned media group, Beijing Enlight Media, has picked Hollywood-based theme entertainment design firm Legacy Entertainment as its primary partner to develop the company’s ambitious studios and theme park project “Enlight Epicenter”. Read More

Headlines From China: Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum(HAF) Announces 2021 Line-Up

 /  Headlines From China  / 
The Hong Kong-Asia Film Financing Forum, the leading film project market in Asia, has recently announced a line-up of 29 projects for its 2021 edition. Read More

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