Media & Entertainment

Dalian Wanda opened a new wing at its Wanda Plaza commercial complex in Shanghai in late September, as it looks to grow its way out of debt. (Photo by Shin Watanabe)
Retail

Dalian Wanda returns to growth, opening new shopping malls

Chinese developer shrugs off debts with bet on property, cinema business

6 December 2021
Simu Liu poses on the red carpet for the premiere of "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" in London in August.
Arts

'Shang-Chi' star Simu Liu: 'We're stronger when we don't put up walls'

Chinese-born Canadian actor on life as a superhero and breaking down barriers to China

5 December 2021
Social entertainment services have overtaken streaming as Cloud Village's biggest revenue generator. 
IPO

Chinese music platform Cloud Village goes social to revive growth

NetEase unit set to debut on HKEX on Thursday after $422m IPO

1 December 2021
Naver and Daum, which dominate South Korea's news market, have dealt a blow to Yonhap that could prove its undoing. (Source photos by Yuki Kohara and screenshot from Yonhap's website) 
Media & Entertainment

Naver and Daum ban Yonhap for running advertorials as news

South Korea's key news agency wonders how it can move forward

30 November 2021
"Good entertainment is everyone's right and people of the interior of India have been deprived of this for long," said Sushil Chaudhary, founder of mobile cinema operator Picture Time DigiPlex. (Photo by Bilal Hussain)
Life

The inflatable Ladakh cinema that will leave you breathless

High altitude Himalayan movie house a hit with local audiences

30 November 2021
Sony Group's Nuro 5G, will offer local 5G network services to businesses and consumers that require ultrafast connectivity, low latency and other features. (Source image by Sony and AP)
Media & Entertainment

Sony taps Japan's nascent 'local 5G' market

Ultrafast networks could provide tailwind for conglomerate's many businesses

29 November 2021
Zee would give Sony a trove of Bollywood movies and other content that would help the Japanese company grow in what is expected to be the world's most populous nation by the end of the decade. (Source photos by Yasunori Okamura and screenshot from Zee Entertainment Enterprises' website) 
Media & Entertainment

Sony bets on Zee merger to create Hindi entertainment powerhouse

Japan group on acquisition spree to fend off likes of Netflix, Amazon and Disney

26 November 2021
WeChat, which hosts 1.2 billion users worldwide, is one of dozens of apps operated by Tencent, which has run repeatedly afoul of regulators.
Caixin

Tencent barred from releasing new apps due to data breaches

Beijing's crackdown on tech companies deals another blow to internet giant

25 November 2021
Cloud Village, which claims 185 million monthly active users, posted a net loss of 3.8 billion yuan for the first half of 2021.
IPO

China's NetEase restarts Hong Kong IPO for music streaming unit

Share sale halved amid Beijing clampdown on user data

23 November 2021
YYeTs signed up 6.83 million members for its unlicensed foreign videos. 
Society

Leader of Chinese film subtitling ring gets 3.5-year sentence

Verdict comes as foreign movies and shows face tougher fight for screentime

22 November 2021
Wada Emi during the 15th Pusan International Film Festival in 2010
21 November 2021
Emma Stone won an Oscar for Best Actress for her role in "La La Land." The film won six Oscars in 2017.
20 November 2021
Around 400 million people have tuned in to at least one Indian Premier League match in the last few seasons, according to Star India. (Photo courtesy of Indian Premier League)
Sports

Billionaires bet on big-money TV deal for Indian Premier League

Cricket competition has two new teams and a lot riding on broadcasting rights talks

16 November 2021
Disney intends to expand its streaming business from a little over 60 markets now to more than 160 by 2023. (Photo by Hiromi Sato)
Media & Entertainment

Small world no longer: Disney+ turns to Asia as growth stagnates

Platform looks to expand beyond die-hard fans and overwhelmed parents

16 November 2021
Wong Kai-wai's deep romance Happy Together (1997), starrring Leslie Cheung and Tony Leung, and has recently undergone a 4K remastering.
Arts

Wong Kar-wai masterpiece restores Hong Kong's mood for love

Remastered print thrills audiences anew at home and abroad

16 November 2021
Game apps developed by Chinese companies are seen on a smartphone screen. (Photo by Yusuke Hinata)
Media & Entertainment

Game over? China hits developers with regulatory triple threat

License freeze, child gaming limits and compliant app stores cloud industry

14 November 2021
The Economist magazine is displayed on a bookshelf in a book store in Hong Kong on Nov. 13. Hong Kong authorities declined to renew a visa for a foreign journalist working for The Economist without any explanation, the magazine said in a statement on Friday. 
Hong Kong security law

Hong Kong rejects Economist journalist's visa renewal

Move comes as fears over press freedoms in city increase

14 November 2021
Hiroshi Kono, who grew up in Nagoya but came to New York when he was 25 to found a music label, now spends more time promoting independent Japanese cinema in the U.S. (Photo by Jack Strone Truitt)
Life

Japanese sci-fi finds a receptive audience in Brooklyn

Low-budget take on familiar sci-fi themes are connecting with US audiences

13 November 2021
Dmitry Muratov, editor-in-chief of the Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta, will receive this year's Nobel Peace Prize. (Photo by Futoshi Kuwamoto)
Interview

Nobel-winning Russian journalist vows to combat fake news

Dmitry Muratov says award is for 6 colleagues killed

12 November 2021
Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu has received its first injection of funding from Singapore's state-owned Temasek Holdings.
Caixin

Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu hits $18bn valuation

Funding round comes as rumors swirl over possible Hong Kong IPO

12 November 2021
Tencent hopes a new mobile version of its successful “League of Legends” franchise boosts revenues in the fourth quarter.
Media & Entertainment

Tencent revenue growth slows with crackdowns on gaming and tutors

Founder Pony Ma says he 'actively embraces' new regulatory environment

11 November 2021
The Cultural Revolution and other unflattering parts of the Chinese Communist Party's past take a back seat in its new comic-book history, bottom center.
Politics

Chinese Communist Party woos next generation with comics

New history accentuates the positive while airbrushing out Tiananmen crackdown

8 November 2021
The atrium of SCMP's newsroom in Hong Kong. The 118-year-old paper denied there were talks to change ownership. (Photo courtesy of SCMP)
Media & Entertainment

SCMP scrambles to quell staff fears after report of China SOE bid

Hong Kong newspaper's owner Alibaba faces pressure from Beijing

6 November 2021
Production of Nintendo's Switch console was hampered by the global chip shortage, weighing on the game company's net profit in the first half of the fiscal year. (Photo by Tomoki Mera)
Media & Entertainment

Nintendo profit dragged down by chip crunch and waning COVID boom

Gaming giant cuts loss forecast but sees hard times ahead as production held up

4 November 2021
Zhang Yiming gave up the CEO role at ByteDance in May, saying he would focus on "longer-term initiatives."
China tech

ByteDance founder Zhang Yiming quits board of TikTok parent

Outgoing chairman to remain a full-time employee but without subordinates

3 November 2021