Middle Earth - China’s cultural industry podcast

Your source of insight into China's culture industry: Hear from people creating and producing conten

Episodes

Total: 111

Send us a textEcommerce and short-video app Xiaohongshu (小红书 or RED), or RED,  has been booming in c

Send us a textLast year, as COVID-19 cases spiked around the world, many thought cinemas would die.

Send us a textA few years ago, the stand-up comedy scene in China was largely considered to be alter

Send us a textChina’s cultural industry is not often the topic of a book. However, the newly release

Send us a textAs much as everyone would love to claim that they enjoy “highly refined” art and movie

Send us a textZhang Shiwen 张释文, the head of entertainment and a partner at the law firm Huiye in Sha

Send us a textLong gone are the days when Chinese film directors could shoot their films and win awa

Send us a textMeet Justin Sweeting, Hong Kong’s ultimate party organizer. Over the last decade, he h

Send us a textChina’s card and board games market size was valued at $580 million in 2018, and is pr

#41 Light art in China

2020/9/29

Send us a textLeading the world in the LED market, it was only natural for China to join the fun of

Send us a text“If Mulan doesn’t work in China, we have a problem,” said Alan Horn, the co-chairman o

#39 Star power in China

2020/8/26

Send us a textChina’s entertainment industry has undergone staggering changes over the past two deca

Send us a textHollywood's studios are increasingly wary of provoking China’s government by maki

Send us a textFounded in 2003, Mahua FunAge (开心麻花) is a cultural company that focuses on comedy cont

Send us a textOf the 3,000 film studios located in China, Xiangshan Global Studios in Ningbo is one

Send us a textRaz Gal-Or is the founder of the Foreigner Research Institute (wāigǔorén yánjiū xíehuì

Send us a textAs content and movie creation continues to surge inside China, the need for more film

Send us a textIn 2014, the Chinese government released a policy document — now referred to as Number

Send us a textOnce Chinese companies rise to the top of the domestic market, another challenge emerg

Send us a textIntellectual property protection on copyrights is seen as being nearly nonexistent in