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‘Youth’: Feng Xiaogang’s Paean to Nostalgia

Jan 1, 2018 / People /

How did a tear-jerker on the Cultural Revolution beat Pixar’s animated film “Coco” at the Chinese box office, which is usually dominated by big-budget, popcorn films? Read More

‘Coco’ Wins Over Chinese Hearts — and Wallets

Dec 15, 2017 / Opinion /

'Coco' has moved viewers with its affecting take on family, dreams, life and death — including some themes that movie reviewers said mirrored ancient Chinese philosophy. Read More

VR Winter is Over, AR Has Just Started

Dec 1, 2017 / News /

Both Kevin Leung, the director at HTC VICE X, and Atli Mar Sveinsson, co-founder and CEO of Directive Games, concluded that there needs to “killer apps” to open up the AR and VR markets. Here are the highlights from their discussion at TechCrunch Shanghai 2017. Read More

Headlines from China: Propaganda Films May Become the Most Profitable Genre in China

Oct 2, 2017 / Headlines From China /

In a recent interview, Sun Jiashan, a Chinese entertainment industry expert, talks about propaganda films, "little fresh meats," and the change of Chinese moviegoers' taste. Read More

Headlines from China: Venice VR Selection ‘The Dream Collector’ Set for September 13 Release

Aug 29, 2017 / Headlines From China /

Chinese VR animation 'The Dream Collector' is set to be released on various online VR platforms worldwide on September 13, according to a recently released poster of the film. 'The Dream Collector' has been officially selected to compete in the Venice Film Festival's VR section. Read More

‘Wolf Warrior 2’ and the Future of Imported Films in China

Aug 21, 2017 / Opinion /

Hollywood is in the midst of negotiating the terms of foreign films’ market access to China. This movie – this particular movie – couldn’t have come at a better time for China. Read More

How Blockbuster War Movies Capture China’s Changing Nationalism

Aug 19, 2017 / Opinion /

Now the country’s highest-grossing film ever, ‘Wolf Warrior 2’ merges Hollywood-style thrills with state-sanctioned patriotism. Read More

Tencent Megahit ‘Honor of Kings’ Becomes World’s Top Grossing Game

Jun 15, 2017 / News /

Tencent Tech is reporting that blockbuster multiplayer online battle arena (MOBA) game "Honour of Kings" has overtaken "Monster Strike" this May to become the world’s highest-grossing (in Chinese) game across platforms, according to data released by App Annie. Read More

HBO Takes Aim At Chinese IP Squatter Restaurant

Feb 14, 2017 / Legal /

The American cable giant finds itself locking horns with a local restaurant in a classic China IPR dispute. If the red and white striped awnings and the vine-covered façade of the vaguely Tuscan-style, three-story building in the middle of Jiangsu province’s Wuxi don’t scream “foreign” to locals, the name of the establishment, displayed on at Read More

Film Review: ‘Buddies’ Out of Control in ‘India’

Jan 30, 2017 / Reviews /

‘Buddies’ Out of Control in ‘India’ Buddies in India (2017), written and directed by Wang Baoqiang. Distributed by ChinaLion, opened in the U.S. January 27, 2017 (cinemas here). Grade: C+ A bromance with a hollow message, combined with a whirlwind of wuxia action, road comedy, Bollywood musical, and a half-baked primer on classical monkey-god mythology, Read More

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