China on Monday called on the United States to stop blaming it for the coronavirus pandemic, saying it was "also a victim", as international pressure mounts on Beijing over its handling of the crisis. Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the global community should work together instead of casting blame or demanding compensation. "The international community can...
While they were busy treating Covid-19 patients in Wuhan, their faces were hardly recognizable under surgical masks and goggles. In order to have a record of all the 42,000-plus medical workers who risked their lives to come to the aid of Hubei, the region of China hardest hit by the epidemic, a group of volunteer photographers...
Pupils fired up their imaginations for a unique school assignment at home in Wuzhou, Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Since the primary school has not resumed classes because of the coronavirus epidemic, pupils were asked to submit replicas of famous paintings, using themselves as models, to tap their creativity. Their homework went viral online with creative performances and...
With the Mainland Chinese television and film production taking a hit from the coronavirus pandemic, the market is facing a dire lack of finances, prolonged production timelines, and difficulties in infection control. These have led to a sharp decline in film acquisition prices and many resulting issues. The China Television Drama Production Industry Association (CTPIA),...
Just announced today is the drama adaptation of Yulong 遇龙 which fans of Stairway to Stardom may find familiar since it was the drama being filmed within that modern drama about showbiz. Yu Long will be turned into a xianxia centering on the story of a maidservant who rescues a snake, only it turns out it wasn't a snake at all...
Huzzah! It appears the drama gods must finally be smiling down on us wee mortals as another new drama starts the ball rolling! It’s a double celebration today for actor Zhu Yilong as he celebrates both his birthday and the kick off of his new Republican spy thriller The Rebel 叛逆者 which he stars in opposite actress Tong Yao who won the...
Chinese television producer Yu Zheng (于正) has produced some of China’s most popular television dramas. Some of the country’s most expensive actors, including Yang Mi (楊冪), Zanilia Zhao (趙麗穎), and Chen Xiao (陳曉), have all found overnight fame after starring in his productions. But despite having such power in the television industry, Yu Zheng doesn’t exactly have the most positive image. Since as early...
Wow it's hard to believe Youyou, actor Chen Kun’s son, is practically all grown up now. At 18 years old, he could almost pass off as Chen Kun’s younger brother, what with Youyou being almost as tall as his father already. Although the 44 year old actor remains unmarried at present, that he has one son...
After nabbing the top spot in the first round of eliminations on the survival show Youth With You, the spotlight is very definitely now on Esther Yu Shuxin. Interest on the trainee has been steadily growing thanks to her popularity in the show, so it’s only just a matter of time for overly curious fans to look...
With the success of Find Yourself earlier this year, Zhang Yujian's supporting role as the level-headed brother that everyone liked to pick on endeared himself to audiences. It seems that more fame infinitely means less privacy as the actor took to social media to issue a warning, "To the few brothers tailing me, please stop, I'm scared. Even though I often...
