This is the latest instalment in a feature series reflecting on instances of East meets West in world cinema, including China-US co-productions. International co-productions, where two or more countries join forces to fund a film, usually end up being less than the sum of their parts. Outside interference can water down an original vision; more…
TAIPEI — The latest U.S. export controls on China’s chip sector are causing more disruption than the industry expected, as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. takes an extremely cautious approach to ensure compliance, sources briefed on the matter said. TSMC, the world’s top contract chipmaker, has been informing Chinese customers that use the company’s 16-nanometer or…
HONG KONG — A film mainly shot in funeral parlors and morgues has broken box office records — and taboos — in Hong Kong, surprising even its own stars and demonstrating that the local film industry is down but not out. Once a powerhouse of Asian cinema, dazzling the world with kung fu epics and…