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Asian cinema: Chinese films
China’s Ne Zha 2 still flying high as highest-grossing animated movie of all time
Gone are the days when Chinese filmmakers were left scrambling to recreate the economic success of foreign offerings such as Kung Fu Panda.
8 Mar 2025 - 9:00PM
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What Hong Kong can take away from Ne Zha 2’s creative success
26 Feb 2025 - 9:30AM
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Hong Kong society
Mainland China’s Ne Zha 2 earns HK$5.6 million on first day in Hong Kong
22 Feb 2025 - 10:37PM
Chinese culture
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At last, Chinese folklore adds new flavour to global pop culture
Drawing on ancient myths, China’s film and gaming industry is offering the world refreshing alternatives to the traditional Western canon.
18 Feb 2025 - 10:34AM
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Hong Kong society
Mainland China’s record-breaking Ne Zha 2 to hit cinemas in Hong Kong, Macau
Animated tale from Chinese mythology has broken box office records on mainland, earning 9.7 billion yuan.
13 Feb 2025 - 9:49PM
China's economic recovery
Quiet on set: China’s film industry fights for relevance as admissions flag
With lower ticket sales and fierce competition from online entertainment, China’s film industry faces demotion in cultural status.
4 Jan 2025 - 12:00PM
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Golden week
China’s National Day box office breaches billion-yuan mark on day 3
The second entry in a historical war trilogy leads the way, with a sci-fi action film on its tail, but China’s film industry is still chasing pre-pandemic interest.
4 Oct 2024 - 10:40AM
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TV shows and streaming video
Plot twists, revenge, cheating. The rise of Chinese micro dramas
China’s US$5 billion micro drama industry is booming, but its sometimes ‘pornographic’ and ‘vulgar’ content has the government concerned.
24 Sep 2024 - 5:15PM
China’s Communist Party
China regulator says short films must follow the script for overseas screenings
Producers of all movies made in China must now follow existing approval rules if filmmakers wish to show their works abroad.
5 Jul 2024 - 7:28PM
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US-China relations
Chinese state media say Netflix’s 3 Body Problem pushes US ‘cultural hegemony’
Official military site publishes blistering critique of sci-fi drama based on Hugo Award-winning novel by Chinese author Liu Cixin.
31 Mar 2024 - 10:54PM
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Human rights in China
Chinese hit film is ‘fairy tale’ about right to self-defence, legal experts say
Top filmmaker Zhang Yimou’s new drama about justifiable defence filled mainland cinemas over Lunar New Year but is it realistic?
24 Feb 2024 - 12:13PM
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Asian cinema: Chinese films
China’s big holiday films spark social media debate about body issues and justice
Actor, writer and director Jia Ling is drawing attention for dramatic 50kg weight loss as netizens discuss beauty standards in China.
15 Feb 2024 - 8:38AM
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Trending in China
Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai’s TV hit, Blossoms Shanghai, sparks business boom
Businesses in China are cashing in on the huge popularity of Hong Kong movie director Wong Kar-wai’s new mainland TV series, Blossoms Shanghai.
15 Jan 2024 - 5:34PM
Tibet
Tibetan film world mourns loss of groundbreaking director Pema Tseden
The award-winning director, who died aged 53 last week, was regarded as a pioneer of the Tibetan new wave who offered a glimpse into local life and culture.
14 May 2023 - 12:52PM
Marvel
Marvel movies return to Chinese cinemas after nearly 4 years
8 Feb 2023 - 7:06PM
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China's economic recovery
Censorship, bankruptcies and Covid scars cloud China’s film industry rebound
China’s film industry had a strong start to the year, but it faces long-term challenges in the form of shrinking investment, rigid censorship and scars from the coronavirus pandemic.
4 Feb 2023 - 8:00PM
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China stock market
Avatar 2, zero-Covid pivot keep China brokerages upbeat on market outlook
China’s biggest filmmakers and cinema operators are getting a dose of optimism from Hollywood blockbuster Avatar 2 and Beijing’s zero-Covid pivot.
22 Dec 2022 - 4:02PM
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Cinema
Chinese film-goers return to the cinema
5 Dec 2022 - 6:30PM
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Asian cinema
Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong wins at Taiwan’s Golden Horse film awards
Wong won the best actor award for playing a Hong Kong taxi driver helping a Pakistani refugee boy in The Sunny Side of the Street.
9 Dec 2022 - 9:59AM
Asian cinema: Chinese films
China’s theatres try to lure back film-goers with industry-wide discounts
Some cinephiles welcome the discount scheme, valued at 100 million yuan, but others lament what they see as a lack of quality movies to lure them back.
16 Aug 2022 - 11:00AM
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A-shares
Chinese movie studio Bona Film set for Shenzhen IPO after Nasdaq exit
The maker of last year’s top-grossing war movie The Battle of Lake Changjin and Chinese Doctors is due to price its stock offering later this week, ending a five-year wait.
1 Aug 2022 - 3:03PM
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Chinese culture
China has 28-point plan to boost soft power overseas, increase cultural exports
Analysts say the ambitious initiative is a ‘top-level design’ to boost China’s cultural trade, and it comes at a time when geopolitical tensions are on the rise.
26 Jul 2022 - 7:27PM
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Tencent
Tencent Pictures to prioritise ‘social responsibility’ over making money
Tencent Pictures, which has invested in Hollywood blockbusters such as the Terminator trilogy and Venom, will pull back from commercial films to focus on patriotic content that promotes ‘core socialist values’.
12 Feb 2022 - 11:19AM
Beijing Winter Olympics 2022
The ‘heavy burden’ of Zhang Yimou’s second Olympics opening ceremony
Acclaimed director is again overseeing the event and says it is important to show the ‘love, unity, and grand visions and values of the Chinese people’.
3 Feb 2022 - 11:20PM
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Books and literature
China’s leading foreign actor on his first book and being ‘erased’ from films
Jonathan Kos-Read – aka Cao Cao – would have had no trouble drawing on his experiences navigating China’s film industry to evoke the treacherous atmosphere of Jin dynasty hierarchy in The Eunuch.
7 Jun 2021 - 10:13AM
Live streaming
Screenwriters hope selling scripts through live streaming will help the industry recover
With China’s film and TV industry struggling to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, screenwriters are the latest people trying to cash in on live streaming ecommerce
30 Apr 2020 - 5:30AM
Fan Bingbing
Inside China’s largest film studio
1 Jan 2019 - 11:44AM
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