From the New York Times: The movie has ancient Greek warriors, pirates, underwater kingdoms, a villain called the Demon Mage and mermaids that kill men during sex. There is a sultry Bond girl, too, playing the mermaid queen....
Read MoreFrom AP: Hollywood director James Cameron urged China to open its doors to more foreign films, arguing it would boost the local cinema industry after the WTO ruled Beijing was illegally restricting movie and other media imports....
Read MoreThe World Trade Organization ruled that China violates international trade rules by limiting the import of American books, music, and movies. The Washington Post reports: The ruling, handed down by a three-member panel in...
Read MoreThe government crackdown on milk contamination continues, according to AP: In its strongest action yet, China’s highest level of government called the industry “chaotic” and acknowledged there was a lack of...
Read MoreFrom AP via Canoe.ca : A Hollywood group said Friday it is suing a popular Chinese website over film piracy, expanding a legal battle over use of the Internet by China’s thriving industry in product copying. The Motion...
Read MoreFrom Xinhua: Chinese censors have banned producers of erotic movies and from competing for any film awards. The ban, recently issued by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), also prohibits directors and leading actors from taking part in such any awards, the Beijing News reported on Monday. “The heaviest punishment for such […]
Read MoreFrom AFP: China has denied suspending movie imports from the United States, after US officials “forcefully” raised the issue and demanded answers during tense meetings this week. US entertainment industry journal Variety last week reported that China had begun a three-month suspension of US movies, amid speculation that the Chinese were looking to punish the […]
Read MoreFrom AP: China sentenced a man to life in jail on Thursday for running what state media called the country’s biggest ever pirate film disc smuggling ring. A court in southern Guangxi region convicted Lin Yuehua and 11 gang members of buying five production units to make DVDs and VCDs, setting them up in a […]
Read MoreFrom Danwei blog: There’s a new hoo haa on the Chinese Internet about new regulations that will require bloggers to register their real names with the authorities. The rumblings about real name registration are emerging from the Ministry of the Information Industry (MII), the body that oversees Internet and telecoms. It seems that few bloggers […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily via China Net: The revival of martial arts films in recent years is the result of increasing commercialism in the Chinese film industry, says Jia Leilei, director of the culture strategy research centre at the China Academy of Art. There were only a handful of martial arts films among the total 260 […]
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