Chinese short video platform Douyin now counts about 40 per cent of Hong Kong’s 7.5 million residents as users, about five years after social media giant ByteDance suspended the operation of hit global app TikTok in the city. The number of monthly active users (MAUs) of Douyin in Hong Kong has already surpassed 3 million,…
China’s National Radio and Television Administration released a new “classified and tiered review” system to tighten censorship on microdramas on Feb. 5. Any microdrama themed at “politics, national security, United Front, diplomacy, ethnicity” will be closely and directly scrutinized by the regulator. Most streaming platforms, required to manage the content themselves, will still be prohibited…
Beijing is stepping up its defence of classic literature against AI misuse that it says could undermine and endanger China’s leading ideology. The Chinese government says AI’s “peculiar adaptations” from classic television dramas based on Chinese literature are “highly deceptive”. Like memes, these edited video clips are made largely for laughs and social media traction,…