From the Washington Post: The blockbuster success of an American animated movie that’s set in ancient China, highlights Chinese culture, mythology and architecture and stars a kung fu fighting panda has filmmakers and...
Read MoreThese updates of recent events in Tibet and Tibetan areas of China have been posted on Woeser’s blog (Chinese). They have been provided by sources inside China and have not been independently verified. April 27 Press...
Read MoreArmani. Gucci. Louis Vuitton. China’s urban youth talk about spending nearly two months salary on a handbag – and the identity, culture and social status that come with the label – in this Mandarin Film...
Read MoreFrom hollywoodreporter.com: “Lust, Caution” star Tang Wei has been banned in the Chinese media because of the sexual nature of her performance in the Ang Lee film, local press reports said Friday. An internal memo...
Read MoreAmidst the many policy rumor denials coming out of this year’s NPC meeting, the proclamation from Liu Binjie (director of the General Administration of Press and Publications) that China won’t be introducing a movie...
Read MoreFrom Business Week: Hollywood claims China’s strict foreign film quota of 30 films per year thwarts trade obligations and leads to piracy. Is China protecting its domestic film industry or excercising political censorship...
Read MoreNational Geographic Channel made a documentary about the car revolution in China. In the video introduction, it says that “Cars are racing into China supercharging its economy, and delivering dreams of a better life. But China’s cars are clogging its highways and spewing out clouds of pollution. The rest of the world better watch out, […]
Read MoreA National Geographic documentary on the Chinese film industry has been made available via YouTube. The doc deals with China’s usual mainstream suspects–Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, et al–but also introduces a few...
Read MoreFrom Variety: In its most drastic measure ever against Hollywood, Chinese authorities have banned the release of American pics for at least three months. Ban began Saturday and will continue until the end of February at least, but Chinese sources say it could continue until May. [Full text] And from the International Herald Tribune: Chinese […]
Read MoreIn the United Airlines Hemispheres magazine, Jeffrey Wasserstrom writes about current trends in the Chinese publishing industry: It would be misleading, though, to imply that Chinese reading and publishing habits now simply mirror European and American ones. There are key differences. For example, books based on Web ventures have made a bigger impact in China […]
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