'Monopoly' row over Chinese film
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A record-breaking Chinese film's distributor is accused of ordering cinemas to show its release exclusively.
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HANGZHOU, China -- In spring 2006, an essay appeared on the Internet detailing collusion between the Chinese government's food and drug watchdog agency and a pharmaceutical venture. It accused the country's highest-ranking regulator of accepting a lakeside house and hundreds of thousands of dollars...
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Director Lou Ye says a ban imposed by the Chinese authorities will not stop him making films.
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A Chinese company has taken Google's China operations to court over what it says is an infringement of the Chinese translation of its name, "Guge," according to court documents.
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Taiwan criticized the Venice International Film Festival on Tuesday for listing a movie by Oscar-winning Taiwanese director Ang Lee as originating in "Taiwan, China," a label that suggests the self-ruled island is part of mainland China.
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China's move to become the biggest shareholder in Rio Tinto could face scrutiny by Australian regulators.
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Legal action against train operator after footage uploaded to Youtube and Chinese video-sharing websites
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Five major U.S. film studios filed a lawsuit in a Chinese People's Court against a Beijing firm for allegedly selling their films illegally.
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China's top Communist Party training  academy has slammed Oscar-nominated director Zhang Yimou's  latest film "Curse of the Golden Flower" as the latest in a  line of bloodthirsty blockbusters smearing modern Chinese  cinema.
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China has blocked production of âShanghai,â a Hollywood film about an American who investigates a friendâs death in Japanese-occupied Shanghai, The Associated Press reported. Luan Guozhi, the director of international cooperation at the Chinese Film Bureau, declined to reveal the governmentâs concerns, but said the filmmakers could alter the script and resubmit their application. The Japanese invasion of China during World War II remains a sensitive topic, and other filmmakers have had difficulty winning approval from China for projects set in the same era. Variety has reported that the cast includes John Cusack, Gong Li, right, and Ken Watanabe. Hundreds of thousands of dollars have already been spent on production, and the director, Mikael Hafstrom, has been in China since September preparing to film. Variety reported that he planned to move the production to Hong Kong.
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A decision by minority shareholders of China Eastern to reject a tie-up with Singapore Airlines and a Singapore government investor has set the stage for an unusual corporate battle in China.
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China is to make it easier to fight intellectual property right crimes, a move that may ease U.S. concerns over rampant copying of movies, software and other goods that Washington says costs businesses billions of dollars a year.
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Chinese gamers react angrily to a Japanese video game they say besmirches the heroine of a classic Chinese novel.  Whether it does or not, this latest cross-cultural tiff does nothing to help the historically lousy relations between these two Asian nations.
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China promised on Tuesday to get tougher on copyright and patent violations, a long-awaited move that may ease U.S. concerns over rampant piracy believed to cost foreign businesses billions of dollars every year.
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China is to strengthen controls on TV advertising to avoid affronts to national dignity after a row over a Nike ad campaign.
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DVD copies of the movie âRambo,â starring and directed by Sylvester Stallone, below, are much in demand in Myanmar but very had to find, Agence France-Presse reported. That is because the police there have banned the film, in which Mr. Stallone portrays a Vietnam War veteran battling soldiers of the military junta that rules the country. âPolice have warned me I could go to jail for up to seven years if I sell the latest Rambo film,â said a DVD vendor who declined to be identified. Another seller said that at least 20 customers asked for it every day. One democracy advocate, who declined to say how he obtained a copy, said, âI watched the movie at home with my family and gave it to my friends because I wanted them to see it.â.
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China, where pirated DVDs of the latest Hollywood blockbusters can be bought for a dollar on street corners, is calling for a crackdown on pirated copies of "Shrek 2."