From the Los Angeles Times: For Hollywood, the road into China has become such a long march that film executives are rethinking their expectations for the elusive market. The decision by Chinese officials this month to abruptly pull “The Da Vinci Code” from theaters, even though the religious thriller was a hit with moviegoers, marks […]
Read MoreA new development in the Shangri-la Promise Pollution story from Reuters (link): China will fine the crew of the country’s most expensive movie, “The Promise” by Oscar-nominated director Chen Kaige, for damaging the environment in an area of outstanding natural beauty, state media said on Wednesday. The producers neglected to carry out an environmental impact […]
Read MoreSince the “Rules on the Administration of Internet News Information Services” came out last September, government control over online content has intensified. Following are three recent examples of how the local authorities have acted on the regulations, and the subsequent reactions from the website editors and supporters. Example 1: The popular “Aegean Sea” (Áà±Áê¥Êµ∑Ôºâwebsite was […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: A week before “Memoirs of a Geisha” was scheduled to open at movie theaters here, the Chinese government canceled the showing of the Hollywood film, reportedly because of concerns that it could spark public anger and rekindle anti-Japanese sentiment. Officials at Sony Pictures Entertainment said they were notified of the […]
Read MoreFrom AFP, via TODAYonline: China has arrested 101 criminal suspects since police started to crack down on Internet “obscenity” in August. The suspects included people who used the Internet to set up illegal chatrooms that recruit others to participate in pornographic movies, the Xinhua news agency said, citing the public security ministry. “This behavior has […]
Read MoreFrom Asia Times: While Bollywood and some of its stars are busy fending off allegations of underworld links, some of the biggest Hollywood movie studios are quietly entering China’s dream factories. With more than US$150 million in new investments, they have plans to push the growing Chinese film industry into a higher orbit in the […]
Read MoreFrom the New York Times: Like the rest of U.S. industry, Hollywood has seen the future, and it is China. Some of the biggest movie studios are now scrambling onto the mainland and planning to invest more than $150 million over the next few years in China’s burgeoning film industry. Walt Disney Pictures may even […]
Read MoreFrom the China Daily: Blockbuster movies for Lunar New Year audiences are a tradition in China, but the box office success of this season’s home-made hits over foreign imports is a sign that the country’s struggling film industry may finally be ready for take-off in its centenary year. Two festive big-budget comedies — Steven Chow’s […]
Read MoreThe author of this essay is an American who works in China for CCTV. Ann Condi is a pen name. Princeton professor Perry Link’s words: it is “the most penetrating analysis I have seen on the psychology of the...
Read MoreThe Hong Kong-based, Chinese language Yazhou Zhoukan (Asia Weekly) magazine has published a lengthy article about the recent crackdown on Southern Metropolis News (Nanfang Dushi Bao), in which two employees of the newspaper were sentenced to lengthy terms for alleged corruption and the top editor was arrested and is awaiting trial. Chinese journalists have called […]
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