China’s box office records were smashed this week as animated blockbuster Nezha 2 became the highest-grossing film in the country’s history following its January 29 release. Millions around the country flocked to cinemas over the Lunar New Year holiday to watch the latest instalment in the Nezha phenomenon, which is adapted from the epic tale…
Hong Kong’s box office receipts during the Lunar New Year break dropped by nearly 40 per cent compared with the same period in 2024, in stark contrast to mainland China, where cinema ticket sales hit a record over the holiday. The revenue from film screenings across five days from last Tuesday to Saturday stood at…
Crime-themed attractions such as Hong Kong’s ICAC Cafe and Japan’s Prison Museum, designed to promote legal culture, are drawing growing numbers of tourists. Official data shows that Hong Kong received over 290,000 visitors during New Year’s Eve and the first day of the new year, more than 77 per cent of them came from the…
A one-word approach helped Farah Andrews hone her New Year’s resolution technique. Hayley Kadrou / The NationalA one-word approach helped Farah Andrews hone her New Year’s resolution technique. Hayley Kadrou / The National A firm focus on health, and not the data that surrounds it, proved to be the healthier approach for me Source link
Chung Suet-ying’s win for best actress at the Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan this weekend marks a turning point in the career of the young star who started out studying journalism in Hong Kong. The 29-year-old beat out industry veterans such as Sandra Ng Kwan-yue, Sylvia Chang and Patra Au Ga-man to clinch the trophy…
The fame of China‘s Chang Dai-chien (1899–1983) has been framed by headlines that call him the high-earning artist on earth. In 2016, his work out-earned those of any other painter on the planet, taking in $354 million collectively. Global news platforms picked up on the backstory of this almost mythical character, one who certainly looked the…
This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions. In the mid-1980s, Jackie Chan was one of the biggest stars in Asia. But while his films regularly topped the Hong Kong box office, he just could not crack America. After the disappointments…