Apolitical Chinese version of ‘Saturday Night Live’ breaks 100 million views in debut
The first episode of the Chinese version of Saturday Night Live (ๅจๅ ญๅค็ฐๅบ zhลu liรน yรจ xiร nchวng) debuted on June 23 with more than 100 million...
Pang-Chieh Ho
Pang-Chieh Ho is currently an editor at Digg. She previously worked at China Film Insider as a newsletter editor and has been writing reviews on movies and pop culture since 2014.
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Chinese government says no to โmobile theatersโ
Movies available on Smart Cinema On May 9, Beijing Digiwork Film Co. announced it was launching Smart Cinema, a app that would allow users to...
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Viral phenomenon Peppa Pig banned from short video app Douyin
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