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China Film Industry

How a heavy hand of censorship is stifling China's lucrative movie industry

In the year after Chinese President Xi Jinping put the Communist Party's propaganda office in charge of regulating films, box-office totals are headed for their first annual decline in a decade

How a heavy hand of censorship is stifling China's lucrative movie industry
Updated On : 11 Jul 2019 | 9:14 AM IST

China's film industry is paralysed and a $ 1.7-bn tax demand is the reason

China recently reported its worst January box office receipts since 2015, while the number of movies produced began to fall last September, a harbinger of leaner times ahead

China's film industry is paralysed and a $ 1.7-bn tax demand is the reason
Updated On : 13 Feb 2019 | 11:33 AM IST

Why experts think China's grand movie-making bubble is about to burst

Misguided policy and excessive capital have been setting the stage for disaster

Why experts think China's grand movie-making bubble is about to burst
Updated On : 22 Jun 2018 | 8:22 AM IST

China to add 60,000 movie screens by 2020 to become largest market

Some foreign films, including Amir Khan-starrer Indian blockbuster "Dangal", this year raked in higher box office collections in China.

China to add 60,000 movie screens by 2020 to become largest market
Updated On : 27 Nov 2017 | 3:34 PM IST