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2020-10-16 10:52:48

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Short Show ‘The Long Night’ Offers Quality Over Quantity

With just 12 episodes, the latest series by iQiyi, China’s Netflix, is flipping the script.

2020-09-28 06:40:56

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Though the value of the new broadcasting deal has not been disclosed, the British soccer league had ......

2020-09-18 10:45:31

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‘Devils’ on the Silver Screen

Chinese depictions of Japanese soldiers have ranged from the cartoonish to the vicious over the year......

2020-09-11 11:45:40

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Netflix to Bring Chinese Sci-Fi’s ‘Three-Body’ Trilogy to Life

Many sci-fi fans in China say they’re looking forward to a top-notch production, but some doubt whet......

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How China’s Reality Show Roses Lost Their Thorns

When contestants on a hit reality show performed Jolin Tsai’s “Rose Boy,” it was presented as an emp......

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‘The Eight Hundred’ Rides to the Rescue of China’s Embattled Box Office

Despite portraying Nationalist soldiers — the Communists’ sworn enemies — as heroes in a desperate s......

2020-08-25 12:38:17

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The ‘Punchline Queens’ Ripping Into Chinese Comedy’s Boys’ Club

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Hunan TV Slammed for ‘Male Gaze’ Camerawork

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The movie’s $14 million weekend box office suggests theaters in China are starting to recover after ......

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The long-awaited film is expected to generate sorely needed revenue for an industry hammered by the ......

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