Dear MEL School’s
Topic Readers,
Is ‘Chinawood’ the
new Hollywood?
It’s no surprise that
China has already become the second largest market in box office sales only
after the U.S. if you think about its population. But it may surprise you that
there is a larger scale movie studio there than Hollywood’s Universal and
Paramount studios combined. It is located in the south of Shanghai where there
was nothing but rice fields before this mega project was launched by a
farmer-turned-entrepreneur a quarter century ago.
Though the movie
industry has been growing rapidly, it is still strictly censored and controlled
by the state administration. The number of foreign films shown is limited. Any
criticism or even a slight hint of criticizing the ruling Chinese Communist
Party is out of question. As a result, most of all Chinese movies or dramas are
about the past while foreign films show the past, present and future. Still,
the quality of Chinese movies, effects and acts are getting better and drawing
more audience in the most populous country and second largest economy.
Enjoy reading and
learning about the rising industry in a rising country.
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