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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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Black Widow May Be Marvel’s First Falter at the China Box-Office or the Hero It Needs

March 4, 2020 Silk Celluloid

With the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak the release of Marvel’s “Black Widow” on May 1st might be the first MCU movie to falter at the China Box-Office.

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Why Disney Should Release ‘Mulan’ on Chinese Streaming-on-Demand and Give Its Box-Office Cut to Cinemas as a Coronavirus Relief Fund – Opinion

March 1, 2020 Silk Celluloid

Disney should release ‘Mulan’ on streaming-on-demand in China, and give its box-office cut to cinemas as a coronavirus relief fund.

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The History of Chinese Animation aka Donghua: A Video Essay of Nearly 100 Years of History

February 21, 2020 Silk Celluloid

The History of Chinese Animation or Donghua goes back nearly a century. This video essay takes a look at all the different eras of its history.

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Coronavirus China Box-Office Closure Will Be Felt Into 2021 & Its Overflow Effects on the China Streaming Wars

February 15, 2020 Silk Celluloid

Though Offices, Stores and Schools Have Partially Reopened After the Extended Chinese New Year Long Holiday. Nearly All Film, Television, Animation, and Streaming Productions Are

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China-Financed Faraday Future to Use Facial Recognition in FF91 – Even on Child Rear Seat Riders?

February 12, 2020 Silk Celluloid

Chinese owned, but American made, Electric Vehicle car company Faraday Future will use Facial Recognition in the back seat of their cars even if there are child riders. Will China gain access to this data?

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Forget The Rise of Skywalker – Star Wars is Starting to Succeed in China

January 2, 2020 Silk Celluloid

Bob Iger and Disney’s strategy for Star Wars in China, and it’s not at the China Box-Office.

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Chinese ACG Mobile Games Are Now Topping Japanese & Korean Gaming Charts

July 10, 2019 Silk Celluloid

Chinese ACG Mobile Games are no longer a niche genre.

Sino Singularity: China’s Massive User Scale & Its Translation in the AI Wars

July 10, 2019 Silk Celluloid

In the short term China will win the AI War but over time the U.S. and Silicon Valley will prevail.

Will DMG Ent. Survive to See Tomorrow?

July 9, 2019 Silk Celluloid

Dan Mintz’s Chinese media company turned mini movie studio is at risk of going under, and will it take Valiant Comics with it?

Bob Iger is Playing the LONG Game With Star Wars in China & Its All About Merchandise

July 9, 2019 Silk Celluloid

Star Wars’ Pre-Chinese New Year Release Dates Has Adversely Affects its China Box-Office Take – But, Will it Affect its Merchandising Growth Long-Term? By Ryan

Why Keanu Reeves Should Be Moon Knight & How the “Fist of Konshu” Potentially Connects to Shang-Chi in the MCU

July 7, 2019 Silk Celluloid

Keanu Reeves joining the MCU would be best connected to Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings by playing the character of Moon Knight, with the Fist of Konshu and the Ten Rings both being connected to alien sources in the MCU.

Toy Story 4 Being Beat by Spirited Away is Not 3D Animation Saturation in China

June 27, 2019 Silk Celluloid

Hollywood pundits claim that Toy Story 4 flopped in its opening weekend in China, but that is far from the case. While Spirited Away soared to new box-office heights in its first ever theatrical release in China.

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