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Rebecca Davis editorTencent’s WeChat social media platform on Tuesday evening blocked and wiped all past content of the accounts for the campus LGBTQ groups of China’s top universities, striking a major blow against LGBTQ awareness and rights.Many campus LGBTQ clubs have never been officially recognized or condoned, but have been able to operate unofficially for years under the radar, posting content online and carrying out certain activities when possible amidst periodic crackdowns.Late

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefFortissimo Films, the Amsterdam- and Beijing-based film rights sales company, is launching a talent agency that will represent international talent in the growing Chinese film industry.As the Chinese film industry expands and matures, Chinese directors and producers are keen to work with overseas talents.

PUBG leaker, Riot is testing a Valorant battle royale mode with players in China.The rumour arrived courtesy of PlayerIGN who has a history of reliably leaking PUBG information.

Love Island’s Shannon Singh has written her first social media post since the shocking twist that saw her booted from the villa this week after just 48 hours. In a completely unexpected turn of events, Chloe Burrows’ decision to couple up with Aaron Francis and subsequently leave Shannon single ended with her being dumped from the show.

Vertical Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Rushed, an indie thriller directed by Vibeke Muasya that stars Siobhan Fallon Hogan, Robert Patrick, Jake Weary and Peri Gilpin. A theatrical release is planned.

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Common Sense Networks, a for-profit affiliate of Common Sense Media, is going wide today with Sensical, a free streaming platform to deliver a highly vetted collection of short-form videos to kids aged 2 to 12.

Made For Love is coming back for a season two!

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefFrance- and Dubai-based sales agency Cercamon has picked up international rights to Chinese crime drama “Streetwise,” which will have its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, in the Un Certain Regard section. Before that, Cercamon has released a trailer.The film (aka “Gaey Wa’r”) is the debut feature effort of Na Jiazuo, who is a graduate of the Beijing Film Academy and had previously directed shorts.

according to foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian.The lifetime practitioner of the martial arts was featured on Chinese state network CCTV while serving as the chief referee at a local tournament, reported South China Morning Post.“I would practice boxing every day and do movements like chopping, pushing and thrusting. Although I am old, I still have the strength,” she told the broadcaster, gesticulating the movements with grace and precision as she spoke.

Rebecca Davis editor“Moneyboys,” the China-set first feature from up-and-coming helmer C.B. Yi, dropped its first trailer Wednesday.

Rebecca Davis editorA new report from the China Internet Audiovisual Content and Service Association delineates the changes that have taken space in the Chinese online streaming and short video spaces during the past pandemic year.It defined users engaging with online streaming, short video, online audiobook or radio, or live streaming services collectively as “internet audiovisual users.”As of December 2020, 95% of all people online in China (944 million people) are using such online

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterIndie distributor Abramorama has acquired global distribution rights to “The Outsider,” a documentary that reveals the challenges to curate and construct the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum in lower Manhattan.The film’s directors Pamela Yoder and Steven Rosenbaum, the team behind “7 Days In September” and “Overcome,” have spent 20 years archiving and documenting the Sept.

Dr. Ei-ichi Negishi was a scientist who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work, which paved the way for new medicines and OLED televisions.Negishi shared the 2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with two other scientists, all of whom worked to create new organic molecules by linking carbon atoms in a technique known as palladium-catalyzed cross coupling.