#28 The effects of the coronavirus on China’s entertainment industry
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China’s culture and entertainment industry is bracing for serious challenges amid the COVID-19 epidemic. This particularly applies to the film and tourism sectors, which are facing significant headwinds. Yet while people remain quarantined at home, short-video apps and the gaming sector are seeing massive traffic spikes.

Featuring
Terry Mieremet : Entrepreneur in the Tourism Industry
Cecily Huang : Producer at Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sebastian Francois : Gaming Industry Consultan

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**Quiz's answers
**- The Spanish flu was the deadliest flu epidemic ever recorded.
- The most viewed films in China right now are Contagion and The Flu.
- Battle of Pathogens is the game co-launched by the publicity department of Haidian District Committee and People's Daily and developed by Bytedance-owned Ohayoo.
- There have been 20,000 concerts canceled in China and Hong Kong since the outbreak of the coronavirus.

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