A 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 […]
Read MoreIn this video, Laura Ling took a close look into the sex industry in Beijing. She says that “most sex workers are migrants, part of the estimated 120 to 200 million people who have left China’s countryside in search of better-paying jobs in China’s cities.” [Click to see the origial video] Also related, First Sex […]
Read MoreJust as the chairman of China’s state-run movie studio called for more patriotism in movies, superstar Jet Li slammed government censorship of Hollywood movies: Writing on his website, the star said his 2000 hit Romeo Must Die was banned by censors for featuring gangsters. In 2001, Kiss of the Dragon was banned because Li’s character, […]
Read MoreFrom the Los Angeles Times: According to government statistics, Beijing now has a bit more than 3 million registered vehicles, which pump out an estimated 1.3 million tons of pollutants every year. Local environmental officials cite this as the primary reason behind the city’s ever-worsening air quality and the persistent haze that hovers over the […]
Read MoreDanwei carries an article — “These Ten Years” — written by Tony Leung Ka-fai (Ê¢ÅÂÆ∂˺ù) via Soho xiaobao, looking at the film industry in Hong Kong over the past ten years. …In July everyone was discussing the tenth anniversary of the return of Hong Kong to the motherland. I will gladly stand up and, from […]
Read MoreChina’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 […]
Read MoreJapanese broadcaster NHK has produced a documentary called China in a Torrent (ÊøÄʵʼn∏≠ÂõΩ), which is being discussed and recommended in the Chinese blogosphere. From the NHK website: China, of course, is a focus of global attention as host of the next Olympic Games, and this new series is NHK’s major documentary of the 2007 broadcasting […]
Read MoreFrom the Washington Post: Bracketed by stunning long shots taken from the front of a moving freight train, Wang Bing‘s epic, three-part documentary, Tie Xi Qu: West of Tracks,” is an astonishingly intimate record of China’s painful transition from state-run industry to a free market. Filming between 1999 and 2001, Mr. Wang and his sound […]
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