China’s Virtual Reality Check

 /  News  / 
Both China's gaming community and its moviegoers outnumber America's citizens. Facing breakneck change and harsh pollution, many are excited by the escape offered by virtual reality. Read More

China’s Restrictions on Capital Outflows Extend to the Movie Business

 /  Legal  / 
Chinese industry executives at the UCLA Entertainment Symposium agreed that getting money out of China was difficult and becoming more so. Read More

Legal Roundup: Film Ratings, Online Censorship, Box Office Fraud, Wanda and More

 /  Legal  / 
As China’s movie industry has grown, so has the impetus for a comprehensive law that will provide a framework for regulation. Read More

China Box Office: ‘Ip Man 3’ Hit by Fraud, ‘Zootopia’ Could Break Animation Record

 /  Box Office  / 
Behind Ip Man 3’s massive debut lie serious signs of blatant and widespread box-office fraud that fly in the face of the government's vows to crack down on illegal practices. Read More

CFI Q&A With Joan Xu, Young Screenwriter in Beijing

 /  People  / 
Xu, a recent "Global Shaper" at Davos, talks about the stories that drive her, making money, and dealing with being a relative newcomer in China's restricted movie business. Read More

Legal Roundup: Wang Jianlin’s European Tour

 /  Legal  / 
Wanda sets sites on France and U.K., Han Capital raises $300M for film, TV; China tightens Web controls, censors shows, raises hurdles to participation. Read More

Legal Roundup: Wanda Moves Ahead, Beijing Moots Cultural Blacklist

 /  Legal  / 
The first in a regular CFI series summarizing news in law and regulation affecting the entertainment business in China, the U.S. and the rest of the world. Read More

20th Century Fox Signs Streaming Deal With Baidu’s iQIYI

 /  News  / 
Chinese video streaming service iQIYI has signed a multiyear film output agreement with 20th Century Fox to give its 10 million paid subscribers on-demand access to the Hollywood studio’s theatrical releases. The agreement will see Fox films such as The Martian, The Revenant,  The Peanuts Movie and other recent major theatrical releases streamed in China Read More

That’s a Wrap: 2015’s Top China Film Stories and Trends

 /  News  / 
The China Film Insider team wishes you a happy 2016. Thank you for reading and for sharing our work with your friends and colleagues as we continue to grow in the new year. — Jonathan Landreth, Sky Canaves, Pang-chieh Ho, and Jonathan Papish. The box-office booms. Again. China’s box office revenues grew at a blistering Read More

On Screen China: A Busy Weekend of Theatrical ‘Cannon Fodder’

 /  Box Office  / 
A whopping 15 new films will be cast into Chinese theaters this weekend, representing the largest number of new releases within such a short time frame this year. Such a crowded calendar would be more typically seen in the United States, which had about twice the number of releases as China last year, and represents a relatively Read More

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