NMA's latest music video, "No girls born in China anymore", a country-style ode to the one-child policy. more ›

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Well played, Jeffrey Katzenberg, well played. Like every other Hollywood player these days, DreamWorks Animation is trying to get its foot into the China market, and is currently in negotiations to establish a joint venture in Shanghai. They've already picked out Oriental DreamWorks as the name for their JV. Ooh, ahh, how cultural. more ›

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Hilarious story as told by our friends from Next Media Animation. More on what happened here. More NMA hilarity here. more ›

Okay, probably not everything you need to know, but this video certainly makes the best attempt we've seen so far. They cover everything from economics and regional development to eating habits and even how the concepts of face and guanxi can influence corruption. Despite a few weird mistakes made by the narrator (like China's "five million year history") the entire film is very well made with lots of aesthetically pleasing infographics. Seems like the perfect primer for anybody looking to absorb China 101 over their lunch break. more ›

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All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: Bristol trip hop artist Tricky comes to Shanghai, The Museum of Contemporary Art celebrates 25 years of Pixar, the Shanghai Grand Carnival returns, and Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2 finally hits theaters! more ›

This is taking China's shanzhai animation to an entirely new level. Watch a synchronized, scene-by-scene comparison of Japanese cartoon Hikarian (铁胆火车侠 in Chinese) that aired in the 1990s, with a Chinese cartoon called "Bullet Train Boy" (高铁侠) made for release this year by Shenyang Animation. more ›

Attention geeks and enthusiastic people watchers, the China International Animation Game Expo returned for its 7th time in Shanghai yesterday! more ›

Here's the pitch: An action-comedy CG animated children's film set in ancient China, where the hero is a likable and somewhat roly-poly talking animal who subverts the traditional notion of more rotund members of society being less coordinated. He's sort of bumbling, but ultimately has a good heart and succeeds in the end with whatever quest he's found himself saddled with. Oh, and he's a cook that works with flour starch products! Yeah, because overweight characters loooove their food to the extent that they're unsuitable for any other profession. more ›

Next Media Animation calls out the hypocrisy of the University of Notre Dame: While continuing its ten-year ban on China-made products on its campus, it has opened its doors to souvenirs made in Vietnam, a country with equally suspect labour policies. In the meanwhile, the university continues to expand its China presence to court students here. more ›

NMA: "Chinese-American fast food chain Panda Express might be expanding into China.It'll be a gamble, considering how different Americanized Chinese food is compared to the real thing. Many Chinese-American dishes simply do not exist in Chinese cuisine, like General Tso's Chicken. Even fortune cookies are an American invention. Bringing Panda Express to China is almost as bad an idea as bringing Pizza Hut to Italy. What will it be like when Panda Express sets up in China? Will the Chinese burn it down like it did with Sogo? But with the right marketing, anything is possible." more ›

Remember that subversive bloody rabbit animation that went around the internet during Chinese New Year? Another thinly veiled poke at the government has come out from the same people and this time it's for the persisting detainment of Ai Weiwei. more ›

Next Media Animation covers Sunday's Jasmine non-Revolution and their take on China's perfect recipe for successful authoritarian dictatorship (2 parts information control, 1 part intimidation and a dash of economic growth!) Hu's belligerent panda body guards are in attendance, attempting to shoot down a very dove-esque Twitter bird carrying a very olive-branch-esque jasmine flower. The chains wrapped around Chinese shoppers' legs were a bit less subtle. more ›

China's first homegrown Jewish movie, "A Jewish Girl from Shanghai", screened last month at the 11th Hong Kong Jewish Film Festival, and is the first mainland China production to have received a nomination at the Jerusalem Film Festival for the Avner Shalev Award. A review of the movie at The Forward points out the odd way in which "it blends a little-known chapter of Holocaust history with the chipper naïveté of a Disney film". Watch the trailer below and you'll see what they mean by that:
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Winning top prize at the Tudou Film Festival 2010 is this Machinima film, 《网瘾战争》by 性感玉米 (@CorndogCN) and his volunteer team of 100 World of Warcraft gamers. The 64 minute video has been described as an anti-censorship advocacy production put together with a total production cost of literally zero, and is also available on Youtube with English subtitles in seven parts: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7. more ›

We've counted to three in where to find chocolate, ladies nights, brunches, scary stuff, video games and more in our Threesday feature... now it's about time to gather three movie nights. more ›

NeochaEDGE is a daily-curated, bilingual website and discovery engine dedicated to showcasing leading-edge creative content and emerging youth culture in China. Beyond the website, NeochaEDGE is also a full-service idea and execution house passionate about helping clients understand, engage, and co-create with Chinese creative communities, trendsetters, and youth culture opinion leaders. Today they introduce us to five animations that caught their eye in 2009. more ›

Have no idea what it means? Just watch the video and you'll understand. This lil' project was made by Daniyar Nusupal (达尼亚尔·努素甫艾力, aka Dani or 达尼), who's originally from Urumchi, Xinjiang and now works in Beijing. You can see more of his stuff on his site Dani.com.cn more ›

• China: “Destroy Japanese Anime!” [Sankaku Complex] "A recent comment by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao decrying the lack of Chinese anime has incited a flurry of online support, with Chinese net users vigorously denouncing Japanese anime."
• Chinese Hunger for Sons Fuels Boys’ Abductions [NYTimes] "These and thousands of other children stolen from the teeming industrial hubs of China’s Pearl River Delta have never been recovered by their parents or by the police. But anecdotal evidence suggests the children do not travel far. Although some are sold to buyers in Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam, most of the boys are purchased domestically by families desperate for a male heir, parents of abducted children and some law enforcement officials who have investigated the matter say."
• Bill Schiller on one man's quest [TheStar.com] "In China, noted designer and blogger Ai Wei Wei is on something of a lonely quest for justice. The Star's Bill Schiller explains, via Skype, from Beijing."

Freddie Mae, S&P, Lehman, Goldman, Nikkei and The Intern fight it out to be the ultimate Wall Street Fighter in this hilarious new video clip from the guys at CBFresh.
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We chanced upon this mildly amusing "report" on counterfeits and piracy in China from Hoofy & Boo's News & Views which claims to be the first ever animated business television show. Apparently the show has been designed for serious entrepreneurs and investors. For more of their clips, click here. more ›

This creative animated cartoon designed to take a reminiscent look back at what life was like growing up in China post-80's has struck a chord with many young people of that generation. We're sure you'll find some of the items posted towards the end of the video familiar too, wherever you're from. more ›

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China is on course to join Japan and the US as a leader in the art of animation. more ›