‘The Battle at Lake Changjin’ Review: A Patriotic Chinese View of the Korean War

“I think for the next two weeks, we’re going to continue to see our case rates rise,” said Los Angeles Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer on Thursday. That statement was made more ominous by the fact that, on that very day, the county recorded a record number of new daily cases for the pandemic. At 37,000, the new tally was 10,000 cases higher than the previous record. It’s hard to imagine where two more weeks of increases will lead.

EXCLUSIVE: TikTok’s grip on young audiences is a well-established fact, but the social network has just released a new report detailing how that defining trait has made it increasingly attractive to Hollywood.

Kim Mi-soo, a Korean actor and model who appeared in the South Korean television series Snowdrop, died today of undisclosed causes. She was 29.

At age 70, Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou is showing no signs of slowing down.

Rebecca Souw New TV drama “One Ordinary Day,” a Korean adaptation of 2008 BBC series “Criminal Justice,” is just one way that newcomer Coupang Play is pushing its way into South Korea’s ultra-competitive video streaming scene.The market is currently led by Netflix, with Disney Plus and Apple TV Plus as newcomers.

Adding $30 million on Thursday from 4,336 locations, “No Way Home” has a domestic box office total of $386 million and $876 million worldwide, passing the $821 million total of the Chinese film “Hi, Mom” for second place on the global charts for the year.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefOnce billed as the “Netflix of China,” video streaming firm iQiyi is now laying off staff in order to bring its costs under control.

China will be the world’s largest box office market for the second year running, overturning the decade-long rankings and staying ahead of the North American market as it did in for the first time in 2020.And, even if “Spider-Man: No Way Home” avoids becoming caught in a web of omicron-related shutdowns to become the highest grossing film of 2021, Chinese movies “The Battle at Lake Changjin” and “Hi, Mom” are certain to account for at least two of the year’s top five.Such a new world order has

Vivienne Chow Viya, China’s queen of live streaming, has been fined RMB1.34 billion ($210 million) and had her social media account suspended as punishment for tax evasion.

Rebecca Davis editorTony Leung Chiu-wai will follow up his turn as the controversial patriarch Wenwu in “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” with a lead role in Bona Film Group’s next patriotic juggernaut: the World War II-era spy thriller “Anonymous,” which just wrapped shooting this week.The movie is the third installment of Bona’s “China Victory Trilogy,” a series intended as “a gift to the Communist Party for its centenary,” given that this year marks its 100th anniversary.

The success of “Squid Game” has taken a toll on at least one of its stars.

Anthony Joshua is facing another stern test in his quest to unify the heavyweight division, with undefeated Chinese boxer Zhang Zhilei calling out the Brit insisting he wants to fight him in Beijing next year.

Reuters.Insiders at Amazon told the news service that the company received the official demand in 2019 after negative reviews of the book were posted on Amazon’s Chinese site. “I think the issue was anything under five stars,” one person said.

Peng Shuai is denying making any claims of sexual assault following a misundersood social media post.

via Reuters). When pressed further about the social media post that has since been deleted, she said “there are a lot of misunderstanding[s], so there’s nothing to say… about this interpretation and distortion.”Peng was attending a cross-country skiing exhibition in Shanghai as part of the run-up to the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai is speaking out again about the sexual assault accusation she made against a high-profile government official — but now, she’s saying she never actually delivered the allegation at all.

Rebecca Davis editorIn another quiet weekend in China, Korean War blockbuster “The Battle at Lake Changjin” was at last eased out of the top five for the first time since its Sept. 30 debut.