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China Is Why “Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings” Will Not Have A Disney+ Premier Access Release

August 16, 2021 Silk Celluloid

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is skipping Disney+ Premier Access for a China Box-Office theatrical release, which may be Sept. 2nd according to its official Chinese poster.

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Is ByteDance Naming A CEO Whose Background Is China Tech The Right Decsion For TikTok’s International Growth

May 6, 2021 Silk Celluloid

Is TikTok going in the right direction naming Shou Zi Chew as CEO over long-term American Exec Vanessa Pappas?

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Oracle As TikTok’s “Trusted Partner Still Leaves TikTok As A National Security Threat

September 14, 2020 Silk Celluloid

TikTok’s “Technology Partnership” With Oracle Does Not Solve The National Security Problem As China Still Controls The AI And Algorithms.

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Prediction: Kevin Mayer’s TikTok Exit is Due To Impending Federal U.S. Testifying

August 27, 2020 Silk Celluloid

Kevin Mayer’s Sudden Departure as CEO of TikTok After Only 4 Months Could Be Due to Him Needing to Testify Before Congress, in TikTok’s Teen and Pre-Teen Data Collection.

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Tiktok Is A Future Security Threat – Not A Current One

August 10, 2020 Silk Celluloid

TikTok’s dilemma is unlike any other Chinese app or social media company, in that nearly all its users are either – teens or pre-teens – and it is a Chinese tech company that is pretending to be an “international”, and more specifically a Silicon Valley “American” company.

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China Box-office re-opens in “low-risk” areas and Why “Bloodshot” “Doolittle” & “1917” are the first hollywood films released in china

July 20, 2020 Silk Celluloid

Today, July 20th, China is set to re-open select cinemas in areas deemed “low-risk” for the coronavirus, with Beijing and the surrounding Beijing Area not being one of them.

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Disney+ Boss Kevin Mayer Moving to TikTok Could Damage His Storied Career

May 19, 2020 Silk Celluloid

Kevin Mayer Chairman of Walt Disney Direct-to-Consumer & International Has Become The New CEO of the Chinese-Owned Tween Video App TikTok, And As COO of Its Parent Company ByteDance.

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Could Shang-Chi’s Production Utilize The Mandalorian’s “Stagecraft” VFX to Resume Production?

May 12, 2020 Silk Celluloid

Could the Revolutionary Technology Used on Disney+ The Mandalorian Safely Put Shang-Chi Back Into Production? Then Get Doctor Strange and Thor into Production?

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Is This Chinese Anime Anti-China or Pro-China Animation? A Donghua Review Video ‘Dahufa’

April 9, 2020 Silk Celluloid

Dahufa is a Chinese Animated movie released in 2017 from Director BusiFan and Nice Boat Animation Studio.

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China’s Animation Streaming Industry is Still On Schedule Because of Remote Work During the Quarantine

March 28, 2020 Silk Celluloid

China’s Streaming Anime (Donghua) Industry will rebound before its box-office, or live-action TV counterparts will, and it’s all due to remote working.

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Is China Facing a Second or Multiple Mini-Waves of The COVID-19 Coronavirus Outbreak?: Cinemas Across China Re-Close / Hong Kong & Japan Face Reemerging Lockdown

March 27, 2020 Silk Celluloid

With Hubei Residents allowed to leave the Province to the rest of China, and others to enter Wuhan, could they be asystematic and carry the COVID19 coronavirus to other cities where people have no immunity causing a second wave of outbreaks?

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The China Box-Office Made $4.2 Million During The Spring Festival Coronavirus Closure

March 16, 2020 Silk Celluloid

China’s Box-Office Had $4.2MM in Ticket Sales When No One Went to the Movie Theaters During the Coronavirus Outbreak.

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ByteDance is Winning the Spring Festival China Streaming Wars

January 30, 2020 Silk Celluloid

With the coronavirus and everyone staying home, China’s ByteDance releases more movies on their steaming video apps.

TikTok Owner ByteDance Makes Huge Streaming Move Over the Chinese Spring Festival

January 24, 2020 Silk Celluloid

China’s Streaming Wars Just Got a Little More Interesting With All Major Films Postponing Their Releases Due to the Coronavirus Outbreak in Wuhan, One Company is Taking Advantage of the Masses Staying Indoors.

The 2019 China Box-Office Was Not That Great and It Has Nothing to Do With Hollywood

January 24, 2020 Silk Celluloid

The 2019 China Box-Office was a lack luster year for the Middle Kingdom, with most pundits talking about Hollywood’s declining cinema take. While in reality it it was the local films inability to increase year-on-year ticket sales above 0.5% from 2018 that is the real issue.