On the surface, neither the film “Barbie” nor a write-up of an academic’s research on migrant laborer poverty would seem to have anything to do with the South China Sea. Yet both are embroiled in censorship controversies related...
In recent weeks, Chinese authorities have raided foreign firms, imposed exit bans, restricted databases, and expanded an espionage law. Together, these measures point to the government’s growing assertiveness in controlling...
The following censorship instructions have been leaked and distributed online. Based on the national public memorial requirements just issued today, there will be a public mourning period from November 30 to December 7, and the...
Discontented with the ending of “Minions: The Rise of Gru,” during which the titular supervillain Gru and his partner-in-crime Wild Knuckles escape arrest alongside three yellow bean-shaped minions, China’s censors gave it...
Tencent’s streaming service has restored the original ending of “Fight Club”—undoing their own cuts after facing widespread international and domestic ridicule over their edit to the 1999 cult classic. Earlier...
In the 404 Files podcast (404档案馆), CDT Chinese tells multimedia stories of censorship and circumvention in China. The following is a translation of the transcript of Episode 36, released on October 27, a deep dive into why films...
Marvel blockbuster “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” has not yet been released in China, despite starring Hong Kong megastar Tony Leung and featuring extensive Mandarin dialogue. It is unclear why the movie has not...
Volunteer subtitle groups that translate uncensored American television shows and films are highly popular in China. Yet the future of one of the largest and most popular subtitling sites, Renren Yingshi, is murky after police...
China’s cinemas have begun to recover from an 88%, 30 billion-yuan ticket sales crash triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, reopening began in low-risk areas with mandatory masks and temperature checks, a ban on...
Chinese military action blockbuster “Wolf Warrior 2” (战狼2), set in a generic African...
Wang Jianlin, the chairman of Chinese real estate and investment firm Dalian Wanda Group, has...
A poster for the upcoming science fiction film Arrival has garnered angry criticism online after...
Brent Lang at Variety reports that Paul Feig’s new “Ghostbusters” reboot is...
At The Hollywood Reporter, Patrick Brzeski reports that Chinese online streaming site iQiyi...
The importance of Chinese box offices for the international revenue of Hollywood film studios...
The $130 million dollar Paramount Pictures film “Noah” won’t be screening in...
There was no Best Picture winner at this year’s China Film Directors’ Guild Awards, a...
At Asia Society Jonathan Landreth explains how China prevented Jia Zhangke’s A Touch of Sin...
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