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Chinese urged not to make 'unnecessary' trips home for Lunar New Year
Published on 08/01/2021
» Chinese authorities are urging residents not to make "unnecessary" trips to their hometowns for the Lunar New Year holiday, as the country grapples with fresh coronavirus outbreaks.
Stars gather for Chinese 'Oscars' in Taiwan
AFP, Published on 17/11/2018
» TAIPEI - Asian cinema's top stars gather in Taipei on Saturday for Taiwan's Golden Horse film awards, dubbed the Chinese-language "Oscars", with acclaimed director Zhang Yimou's "Shadow" leading the race.
Vanished China star Fan last in 'social responsibility' ranking
AFP, Published on 11/09/2018
» BEIJING: China's highest-paid movie star Fan Bingbing, who has not been seen in public since July, was placed last in an academic report ranking A-list celebrities on their social responsibility.
China's 'Dallas Buyers Club' is surprise box-office hit
AFP, Published on 15/07/2018
» SHANGHAI: The screen portrayal of a cancer sufferer whose illegal import of foreign medicines into China spurred national policy changes has become a box-office smash as audiences flock to a rare Chinese film on a hot-button issue.
Xi's risky gamble to reshape China
Published on 25/10/2017
» Xi Jinping emerged from China’s big political reshuffle with more power than any leader in decades. How will he use it?
Lights, Camera ... Asia
Asia focus, Published on 12/09/2016
» Hollywood is often seen as the epitome of the global film industry as it is the primary source of some of the world's most commercially successful films.
Digital vision
Business, Srisamorn Phoosuphanusorn, Published on 12/09/2016
» Go digital or go home. Digitisation, the conversion of analogue information into digital data, is rewriting the rules of competition with incumbent companies most at risk of being left behind.
China's Zheng advances at Stanford
AFP, Published on 19/07/2016
» SAN FRANCISCO - China's Zheng Sai-Sai picked up where she left off at the WTA Tour's Stanford tournament on Monday by beating Maria Mateas 7-5, 6-1 in a first-round match.
Dusit aims high in China
Asia focus, Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 06/06/2016
» Banking on the substantial growth of tourism in China, Bangkok-based Dusit International has laid out a major expansion plan for the mainland with a target to have 50 hotels operating or in the pipeline within three to five years.
Cool Thailand?
Life, Kaona Pongpipat, Published on 29/04/2016
» It is only with reference to J-pop or K-pop that we have a clue as to what the word "T-pop" could possibly mean: an attempt at cultural export -- film, music and other forms of entertainment -- to create a "Thai brand" of cool. It's better late than never, so the Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT) has recently launched a campaign, with Thai star Mario Maurer as the presenter, with the aim to boost tourism in Thailand and expand the entertainment market in China.