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China’s Live Streaming Boom Spawns Online Celebrity Agent Industry

Aug 22, 2016 / News /

Getting set up with a live streaming account and filming content for audiences might only take a few minutes, but to become a Chinese internet celebrity is much more complex. Read More

Wanda to Partner with South Korea’s CJ CGV?

Aug 19, 2016 / News /

Wanda Cinema Line, China’s biggest movie-theater operator, is in talks with CJ CGV, South Korea's largest movie theater chain, possibly with a view to partnering up in China. Read More

Filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang Takes Down Piracy Site

Aug 16, 2016 / News /

Director Tsai Ming-liang struck a blow against piracy in the world’s second-largest film market on Tuesday, forcing the takedown of a file sharing website. Read More

Will Netflix Ever Go to China?

Aug 11, 2016 / News /

Netflix has not entered the Chinese market, and unless it changes its business strategy or China changes its approach to regulating content and Internet streaming, it probably will not be doing so soon. 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 Slumping, Official Numbers Show

Jul 27, 2016 / Box Office /

Box office takings in the world’s second-largest film market fell for the first time in half a decade, official figures released this week show. Read More

CFI Q&A With Jan Heinze, COO of Global Special Effects Firm Pixomondo

Jul 18, 2016 / Box Office /

The native German talked with CFI about the effect vast amounts of new money is having on the Chinese film and visual effects industries and the prospects for more science fiction films. Read More

Is Wanda Sabotaging Huayi’s ‘Rock Dog’s Box Office Chances?

Jul 6, 2016 / News /

China’s film industry is abuzz with speculation that the most expensive Sino-U.S. animated feature to date may struggle to reach the Chinese market, lessening its chances of success overseas. Read More

Exposing Sexual Abuse in China: Q&A with ‘Hooligan Sparrow’ Director Nanfu Wang

Jul 4, 2016 / People /

Nanfu Wang hoped that a woman called Ye Haiyan, who had offered free sex on the Internet to draw attention to the plight of poor women selling their bodies to support their children, would lead her to the prostitutes she wanted to interview. Read More

China Film Community Alarmed by Detention of Tibetan Director

Jun 29, 2016 / News /

China’s film community is up in arms after award-winning Tibetan director Pema Tseden was hospitalized following a scuffle at an airport in the northwestern province of Qinghai on Monday. Read More

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