Can Animation Cure What Ails the Chinese Movie Industry?

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“Gold rush.” “1920s Hollywood.” “Faster than a speeding bullet.” These are a few ways that film professionals have described China’s booming movie industry. China’s film market, the second-largest in the world, grossed roughly US$2.7 billion in 2012, a 37% increase over 2011 revenues,  leading …

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A Baffling Trend in China’s GDP Statistics

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In April, China’s central government and provincial authorities released data on the country’s economic performance for the first quarter of 2013. On April 15, the National Bureau of Statistics announced that the country’s year-on-year real …

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Victory in WeChat War: How Tea Leaf Readers Got It Right

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A resounding victory has been scored against China’s all-powerful state-owned telecom operators — a victory for innovative, life-changing technology, for private enterprises and entrepreneurs, and for millions of users who came together on China’s social …

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