How the TV Stole Spring Festival
First airing live in 1983, CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala didn’t just change TV—it changed the way China celebrates the Lunar New Year
Best (and Worst) Shows of 2021
From a gritty epic about rural poverty to an outrageous cat-poisoning scene, here are the TV shows on everyone’s radar this year
K-Pop with Weight
Produce Pandas, a new boy band with facial hair and broad waistlines, challenge conventions and win LGBT hearts
Provincial TV station scolded for being too entertaining
More wholesome, pro-Party shows needed, regulators tell TV networks
Chinese Sci-Fi on Screen
China’s sci-fi tradition is mostly in novel form, but it occasionally makes it way to screens big and small
Streaming Sites For Every Occasion
It can be hard to watch your favorite movies and TV shows behind the great firewall. We’re here to help.
The Viral Week That Was: Ep 109
Photoshop-fu, Chinese films at Worldfest, streaming TV in China, and progress on cancer? It’s Viral Week
Show of the Week: In the Name of the People
TV’s hottest anti-corruption drama includes scenes once thought forbidden
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