China’s movie box office uptick in audience capacity boost to holiday film market

Chinese Sports Film -Leap
Chinese Sports Film -Leap

SHINE | 25-Sep-2020 | By Xu Wei

China’s movie box office is expected to surge over the National Day holiday with the release of an array of highly anticipated films. Continue reading “China’s movie box office uptick in audience capacity boost to holiday film market”

Chinese literature: Classic tales of love, treachery and conflict

XZhu Gang’s painting of -Asking for Tea [SHINE]
XZhu Gang’s painting of -Asking for Tea [SHINE]
SHINE | 25-Sep-2020 | By Tan Weiyun

“Water Margin,” one of the “four great classical novels” of Chinese literature, tells the Song Dynasty (960-1279) story of 108 outlaws who gathered at Mount Liangshan to take up arms against the government. Continue reading “Chinese literature: Classic tales of love, treachery and conflict”