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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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China’s Box-Office Inequality

December 29, 2018 Silk Celluloid

So-Far, Only 6 Chinese Films Have Been Profitable in 2018 (Reportedly) By Ryan Carroll, Editor-at-Large July, 2018. According to WeChat / Weixin’s media account Yiqi Pai Dianying of the Top 50

Fu Manchu and the Marvel Cinematic Universe

December 17, 2018 Silk Celluloid

There are specific reasons why Fu Manchu is not Shang-Chi’s father in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings; due to Yellow Peril and Copy Right issues.

Amazon’s $1Bn China Strategy: “The Three-Body Problem’

December 16, 2018 Silk Celluloid

Amazon Studios is rumored to be earmarking $1BnUSD to acquire the rights and produce three seasons of the breakout science fiction trilogy by Liu Cixin The

Marvel Goes Manhua with China’s “World of Warcraft” Publisher NetEase

December 16, 2018 Silk Celluloid

Sword-Master and Aero are now officially apart of Marvel Comics belonging to the 616 Canon and are no longer just Chinese Superheroes that Marvel created with NetEase Comics for China.

Bamb(u)oozled? — OTT Service ‘Bambu’ to Bring Chinese Content to American Millenials for $4.99 per month!

December 14, 2018 Silk Celluloid

Cinedigm offers new Chinese streaming platform Bambu to American Millenials, featuring Chinese movies and hip hop music!

“Male Fanboy Syndrome” Hits ‘Diablo: Immortal’ – with a China Twist!

December 10, 2018 Silk Celluloid

Why Your Childhood Has Been Ruined….And, How It’s OK. Because, female gamers didn’t ruin it!

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