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Middle Earth - China’s cultural industry podcast

Your source of insight into China's culture industry: Hear from people creating and producing conten

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Total: 120

#39 Star power in China

2020/8/26

Send us a textChina’s entertainment industry has undergone staggering changes over the past two deca

Send us a textHollywood's studios are increasingly wary of provoking China’s government by maki

Send us a textFounded in 2003, Mahua FunAge (开心麻花) is a cultural company that focuses on comedy cont

Send us a textOf the 3,000 film studios located in China, Xiangshan Global Studios in Ningbo is one

Send us a textRaz Gal-Or is the founder of the Foreigner Research Institute (wāigǔorén yánjiū xíehuì

Send us a textAs content and movie creation continues to surge inside China, the need for more film

Send us a textIn 2014, the Chinese government released a policy document — now referred to as Number

Send us a textOnce Chinese companies rise to the top of the domestic market, another challenge emerg

Send us a textIntellectual property protection on copyrights is seen as being nearly nonexistent in

Send us a textJohn Dietz of BangBang Pictures has worked on over 30 movies in China, ranging from bl

Send us a textFor years, Chinese producers only had eyes for the “Hollywood model.” That is, big-bud

Send us a textKey opinion leaders, or KOLs, have a strong connection to Chinese internet users and a

Send us a textChina’s culture and entertainment industry is bracing for serious challenges amid the

Send us a textDalian Wanda Group, led by billionaire Wáng Jiànlín 王建林, invested heavily in China&apo

Send us a textHow do the Chinese government and companies engage with the public in Africa? Nillah N

Send us a textProfessor Federico Castigliano is the author of Flâneur: The Art of Wandering the Stre

Send us a textThis week on Middle Earth, Aladin and his guests take a look at the film production in

Send us a textSong Wen, founder of the FIRST International Film Festival, discusses the history of o

Send us a textWhat is it like to work as a storyteller in the Chinese film and TV industry? What is

Send us a textRuby Chen, one of the founding members of the Hong Kong–based China Next (CNEX), tells