China’s foreign investment has grown rapidly in recent years, and in such context, its investment in Arabian countries has also achieved rapid growth. During my visits to the embassies and consulates of various countries, I could obviously sense the great attention that the countries gave to infrastructure and their hope to carry out investment cooperation in the field of infrastructure with Chinese enterprises. For example, the Lebanese...

The disturbing drought that plagued Hollywood’s movies in China through the first half of 2013 has been quenched, at least temporarily, by a string of box office successes that began in July. Chief among these has been Pacific Rim, a monsters-meet-robots spectacle that couldn’t have been more perfectly aimed at Chinese moviegoers. In its first three weeks of PRC release (as of Thursday August 22nd) the film has devoured $109 million in rece...

October 17, 2012 Last week, Part 1 of this article explored the history of South Korea’s rise as a global cultural force, and the attendant soft power benefits that country has enjoyed. These benefits include disproportionate global influence for Korea...

To Robert Cain, who’s spent over 20 years in working in and following the Chinese film business, 2012 was one of the most eventful years.

Having traveled the world for National Geographic for over 30 years, I have a special affinity for fellow travelers. That is why I was drawn to my two most recent story subjects, Marco Polo & Zheng He.

The purchase of an art work and the creation of a collection should be considered as a medium-to-long-termform of asset diversification. 

The week ending June 30th was the third biggest so far this year, at $87.5 million. Tiny Times set new records for the opening day of a local film at $12.4 million, and went even wider than Man of Steel, running on nearly 50 percent of China’s 15,000+ screens. Look for the teen female oriented Tiny Times to wind up at around $100 million when its run ends.

February 26, 2013 Although business at China’s movie theaters cooled off a bit last week compared to the prior week’s scorching, record-crushing $135 million gross, attendance was still hot enough to make it the second best week in Chinese cinema...

"On 5 August 2015, the Australian Productivity Commission released its draft report on Workplace Relations. In some quarters it is suggested that the report only recommends minor adjustment to the current system, however this is not the case. Australia has a unique industrial relations system, but as the economy changes and union density decreases, there are greater synergies being proposed with overseas systems.

December 21, 2012 On Thursday Jackie Chan’s and Huayi Bros’ action-comedy film CZ12 (formerly known as Chinese Zodiac) confirmed a reality that should strike fear in the hearts of Hollywood’s studio executives: China doesn’t need Hollywood films to break...