A short story from a Song Dynasty bestseller follows a Quanzhou trader who grew rich in overseas commerce, then watched fortune curdle into violence. It survives as a vivid window into China's medieval maritime trade.
Hengdian, China's largest film-production base, has awarded a 235 million yuan contract to a ByteDance-linked consortium to build an AI filmmaking platform, as studio activity in the town slows.
Resident Evil: Night of the Outbreak, a live-action film adapted from the survival-horror video game series, has passed 304 million yuan at the Chinese box office in its first ten days. It blends game lore with a distinctly Chinese setting.
Chen Sicheng's crime thriller The Trace, starring Zhang Yi and Ma Li, is drawing strong reviews in Chinese cinemas. It arrives as a wave of revived crime franchises tests how far a familiar title can stretch.
Playing one of Chinese literature's most seductive villains made Gan Tingting famous — and then trapped her, as rumors about private photos and backers followed her for a decade. Chinese entertainment still struggles to separate an actor from a role.
Two decades after a Taiwanese variety show pressured her into a humiliating game, Chen Qiaoen has become one of the Chinese-speaking world's most bankable leading women — and now she chooses her own projects.
Former Boy'z member Steven Cheung vanished from Hong Kong entertainment after a 2019 marriage scandal. At 41, reports say he is doing manual labor, deep in debt, and still hoping to return to the stage.
At the 35th Feitian Awards in Yantai, little-known stage actor Wang Renjun beat frontrunners to win Best Actor for a drama role. His unpolished acceptance speech about craft over celebrity became the night's most-discussed moment.
Zhang Ziyi arrived in Lyon expecting to say one line. Instead, the Cannes president handed her the Lumière Festival's first-ever honorary achievement award, and 5,000 people stood up.
A Chinese-born vlogger in Denmark flew her late husband's parents to Qingdao, where a restored family photograph moved viewers to tears. Her story shows how grief, in-laws and a camera can build something like family.
While China's award-season red carpets fill with costume changes and热搜 battles, actress Tan Songyun published a short creative essay in the overseas edition of People's Daily — and its gentle critique of image-building landed harder than any red-carpet moment.
A new wave of Chinese modern romance dramas is leaning on kiss scenes and sexual suggestion to win viewers, as short video culture rewrites what audiences expect from love stories. Trailers for several upcoming shows are already sparking debate.
At 76, Zhang Yimou still delivers China's biggest holiday films, while 75-year-old Zhang Jizhong keeps working on camera. A viral essay asks what fame and fortune actually bought them.
The former star of China's beloved period drama 'Huan Zhu Ge Ge' says he has no home and eats one meal a day. His story has set off a wider conversation about fame, solitude and what happens to child stars when the cameras stop.
A new Resident Evil movie directed by Zach Cregger has pulled far more people back into the games, with daily active players across five major titles rising from about 500,000 to 750,000 between late August and late September.
Paramount has closed its roughly $110 billion purchase of Warner Bros. Discovery, creating a studio giant called Skydance that now carries a heavy debt load. The bet: blockbuster franchises must generate enough cash to fund both repayment and the next wave of shows.
Actress Li Yitong changed her Weibo handle to promote a drama, then found her old name permanently taken. She is now asking fans to help rename her.
Chinese film fans spent the 2026 National Day holiday rating a crowded slate of new releases on Douban, from a Hong Kong action thriller starring Louis Koo to a Peppa Pig holiday special and an Egyptian drama.
A Chinese crime film pulled out of theaters five days after release with under 4.5 million yuan earned. It's part of a quiet pattern: dozens of post-release withdrawals in four years, and only one that ever came back.
Chinese AI video tools like Kuaishou's Kling are moving from viral demo clips into real production pipelines. As global rivals including Claude and GPT add video, the winners will be the tools creators cannot work without.
A low-budget Chaoshan-dialect movie about overseas Chinese letters became an unexpected hit, sending visitors to Shantou's heritage sites and museums. The film shows how a small regional story can become a city's cultural asset.
Two years after the sudden death of Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu, her family marked what would have been her 48th birthday at her graveside with pink flowers, champagne and her favourite foods.
Chinese writer Can Xue tops the bookmaker odds for the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced Thursday in Stockholm. Her experimental fiction has made her a perennial favorite without a win.
Zach Cregger's new Resident Evil film has crossed $250 million worldwide in under three weeks, built around an original character instead of the games' famous heroes. Its budget was roughly $75-80 million.
China's National Day variety gala still booked its biggest pop names, but the evening's backbone was researchers, grassroots workers and soldiers. Commentators read the lineup as a quiet recalibration of what counts as a national-stage star.
Six new films opened across China for the National Day holiday, from a husband-and-wife comedy to a Hong Kong crime drama starring Louis Koo. The crowded slate shows how studios chase the year's biggest box-office window.
An animated film about the Eight Immortals, a classic Chinese folk tale, has crossed 2 billion yuan and may become this year's top-grossing animated release, prompting debate about whether Chinese animation leans too heavily on mythology.
Two veteran stars' health struggles in the same week have renewed debate about grueling hours in China's entertainment industry. Fans are asking whether the business can protect the people who make it shine.
A 2020 interview clip of actress Zheng Shuang explaining why she barely eats has resurfaced, sparking fresh debate about body standards in China's entertainment industry and the punishing schedules behind them.
Chen Yujie, 17, broke the Asian Games 100m record in Nagoya and shouted a heartfelt line to her father on camera. A local short-video outlet then swapped 'dad' for 'mom', and viewers noticed.
Once the breakout star of Tiny Times, 35-year-old actor Chen Xuedong has seen 11 of his film and TV titles pulled from streaming and four surgeries in two years. Now he needs help with simple daily tasks.
A short-drama actor's account of an unwanted on-screen kiss has revived a broader conversation in China about consent and power on film sets, from micro-dramas to big-budget television.
A Japanese manga about a young woman who keeps blowing up her trading account has become a cult favorite among Chinese readers, who see their own market losses in her story. Its author funded his comeback with the very leverage that kept ruining him.
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