Editor’s Note: As we enter 2022, CDT has compiled a special series of features for our readers, offering a look back at the people, events, controversies, memes and sensitive words that defined the past year. Some of this...
There’s a Chinese joke about lawyers that goes like this: “You know you broke the law, right?” “Which law?” “Why, teaching the law is illegal!” [Editor’s note: It reads better in the original Chinese] The joke became reality...
Welcome to the post-game analysis of the Hu vs. Li smackdown that has occupied much of our attention over the last week. In one corner, we had Li Guangman, a relatively unknown blogger who rose to fame when his fiery essay about...
In recent days, a number of major state and Party media outlets have simultaneously republished a relatively obscure essayist’s screed on sissy-boy celebrities, get-rich-quick capitalists, and lessons that the collapse of the...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Famous Chinese actress and singer Fan Bingbing has been given a score of zero in a ranking of...
Wang Jianlin, the chairman of Chinese real estate and investment firm Dalian Wanda Group, has...
At The Hollywood Reporter, Patrick Brzeski reports that Chinese online streaming site iQiyi...
Chinese property and entertainment conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group has announced plans for an $8.3...
Chinese conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group is planning to expand its entertainment business into the United States, but boss Wang Jianlin’s ambitions of a share in mainstream Hollywood productions are not developing smoothly....
For most of the beginning of the 20th century, China focused on promoting ballet, folk dance, and traditional opera, but with the growing popularity of different dance styles, such as salsa and hip-hop, modern dance has also...
From Bloomberg: China’s government plans to allow Taiwanese to set up and run entertainment businesses on the mainland, an official said at talks between the two sides. China is seeking to boost Taiwan’s entertainment industry...
China’s movie, animation and TV producers are tapping the cash resources of private equity funds, which in turn are raising the industry’s professional standards and hopes for the future. From Caijing.com.cn: One company is roaring into the entertainment industry with grand plans to become the Disney of China. Another is pursuing dreams by tapping the […]
From China Daily: China’s entertainment industry is facing another sex scandal as a 22-year-old actress claims a director of the China Central Television (CCTV) asked her to sleep with him in return for a role in the TV drama “Painter Village”. Xiao Qiong(ËÇñÁêº) said on her blog that director Yang Yichao hinted that she might […]
From Xinhua News Agency: Over 100 members of Hong Kong’s entertainment industry, including action superstar Jackie Chan, attended a televised event Monday, denouncing the publication of a pop star’s photos when she was changing clothes at backstage. Chan said the secretly taken photos of Gillian Chung Yan-tung, part of the Canto-pop duo Twin, would encourage […]
Click on the image to download Firefly for circumvention
CDT is a non-profit media site, and we need your support. Your contribution will help us provide more translations, breaking news, and other content you love.
