Coming Soon to Chinese Movie Theaters: Mergers and Acquisitions
(WSJ) China’s torrid box office growth may be cooling off this year, but another trend could be warming up: consolidation.Videogame maker Perfect World Co. Ltd. announced plans last month to buy the...
View ArticleHollywood & China: U.S. Gov’t Agency Agrees To Review Foreign Investment Panel
(Deadline) The Government Accountability Office (GAO) has agreed to a request by 16 bipartisan members of Congress to review the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), which is...
View ArticleStar China Scores Ratings Hit with 'Sing! China'
The first season of the singing competition show was number one over seven weeks and broke online records for video views.Star China appears to have a hit on its hands with Sing! China.The singing...
View ArticleFilm review: Operation Mekong – Dante Lam’s action-film master class
(SCMP) Hong Kong director Dante Lam Chiu-yin’s bid to join the world’s best action-film makers continues in earnest with this frenetic anti-drug thriller, loosely based on a real law-enforcement...
View ArticleThe Real Message in Ang Lee’s Latest? ‘It’s Just Good to Look At’
(NYT) In the action movies that Ang Lee grew up watching in Taiwan, it was perfectly commonplace and yet still thrilling to see rivals take to the air and fly at each other as they faced off in...
View ArticleChina Picks ‘Xuan Zang’ for Oscars Run
(Variety) Historical drama, “Xuan Zang,” starring popular mainland Chinese actor Huang Xiaoming. will represent China as its national contender in the foreign language Oscars race, Chinese media...
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