A Fujian singer with nearly two million followers is accused of fraud over 25 million yuan in livestream gifts. The case has dragged on four years and exposed the darker side of China's tipping culture.
Rockstar has released the launch trailer for GTA 6, set in the sun-soaked state of Leonida and scored by French electronic duo Justice. The game arrives in just over a month, with Jason and Lucia at the centre of a sprawling crime story.
Team WE beat Korea's BRO 3-2 in the Demacia Cup semifinal, becoming the first Chinese League of Legends side other than BLG in 1,076 days to win a best-of-five against a Korean team.
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.
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.
A new Bloomberg report reveals how Rockstar North studied real Miami nightlife and police patrols to build the fictional state of Leonida. The same interviews confirm that GTA 6's original design was far larger than the version now in development.
A hacker known as Cyberleek released new Grand Theft Auto 6 footage after his own meme coin crashed, raising awkward questions about leaks tied to crypto payouts.
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.
Meta is rolling out an AI-driven tool that lets Facebook users tell the algorithm, in plain language, what they want to see. The move hands some control back to users as regulators scrutinize how social feeds shape attention.
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.
Tencent and Ubisoft will close The Division 2's Chinese server on December 14, 2026, after what the operator calls a change in business strategy. Top-ups and new registrations stopped on October 12.
Longtime CCTV faces like Kang Hui, Sa Beining and Dong Qing are appearing less on screen as younger presenters take over the country's flagship broadcasts, marking a generational handover at China's biggest broadcaster.
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.
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 vocational-college sophomore claims he made roughly seven million yuan in three years by cutting livestream highlights into short clips. The story has China's internet debating whether the model is genius or a lottery win.
A street singer who drew millions to a shuttered railway station has disbanded his team and gone back to running a barbecue stall in his hometown. His quiet exit says a lot about how fast Chinese internet fame burns out.
A viral clip shows singer Mao Ning, once a fixture of China's biggest New Year gala, performing on a makeshift platform for a few hundred older fans. The contrast with his 1990s fame has become a talking point about how fast pop careers fade.
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.
A 25-minute leaked build of Grand Theft Auto 6 appears to show first-person driving and on-foot play, plus full-body nudity, according to a known leaker. Rockstar has not commented on whether these features ship at launch.
A Chinese gaming streamer with two million followers says his cosplayer girlfriend cheated on him after he spent over 300,000 yuan in two months. The story has ignited debate about money, trust and internet fame in China's creator economy.
State broadcaster CCTV has reshuffled its flagship news presenters, promoting two veterans to anchor roles while a familiar host steps away from daily broadcasts. The changes highlight how China's most-watched channel is quietly remaking its on-air lineup.
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.
A 24-inch television now costs less than a hotpot dinner, yet Chinese households are switching on less than ever. Falling sales, wall-mounted screens and phone-first habits reveal a slow shift in how families use the living room.
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.
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.
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.
Battlestate Games has rolled out Escape From Tarkov version 1.2.0.0, reworking its PvE mode with smarter AI and six prestige tiers. A new EXFIL Brothers system rewards veterans for bringing newcomers into the game.
The Demacia Cup international group stage delivered a lopsided sweep as LGD crushed JDG, while AG steadied its season in the KPL. Both storylines point to one prize: a trip to Beijing.
Taiwanese TV host Kevin Tsai appeared at a campaign event for a politician blacklisted by Beijing, and mainland brands and magazines moved fast to cut ties. The episode shows how quickly commercial fortunes can turn on a single photograph.
Rockstar says pedestrian chatter and in-game advertising in GTA6 are written by dedicated teams in Los Angeles, New York and London, not treated as background noise. The studio calls these small voices part of how it builds a living city.
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.
For nearly two decades, Chinese TV host Wang Guan was dogged by online rumors of affairs and a CCTV firing. In October 2024, a single WeChat Moments post announcing her marriage silenced them.
A new podcast episode traces how Guangzhou's 'Wanwu Poyuan' game museum was built and why it closed, and asks how its spirit passes between generations of Chinese players.
In China's AI-generated comic drama boom, production costs plunged from 30,000 yuan to 3,000 — yet many creators say profits never arrived, because cheaper content means fiercer bidding for attention.
Changsha TES.A edged Chongqing Wolves 3-2 in a back-and-forth 2026 KPL Grand Final series, winning the deciding fifth game. The underdog run headlines a busy week for Chinese esports as the Demacia Cup international event also opened.
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.
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.
CD Projekt Red has confirmed that Hong Kong actor Daniel Wu will voice a character in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, a ten-episode anime arriving on Netflix on October 20. The new season tells a standalone story within the Cyberpunk 2077 universe.
In a new interview, European mid-laner Jojopyun recalls his first training-game matchup against League of Legends legend Faker, saying the gap in skill ended the lane almost immediately. The story has reignited fan talk about what separates the world's best players.
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.
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