China Audiences Drive 2025 Box Office With Animation and War Epics as Comedies Collapse

Chinese audiences pushed animation, action and historical war films to the top of 2025's satisfaction charts, while comedies ...
Reuters

Chinese film on 'evil' WW2 germ warfare unit risks adding fuel to Japanese tensions

BEIJING, Sept 19 (Reuters) - "Evil Unbound", which depicts Japanese germ warfare during World War Two, set a first-day box office record among the war films released in China this year, as Beijing ...
The Economist

The War Room newsletter: The seven best war films

Judging by broadcasters’ schedules, and their prominence on streaming platforms, war films are enduringly popular. Often long ...
The New York Times

China Rekindles Wartime Fury, Stirring Fears of Anti-Japan Hate

A series of World War II dramas about China’s fight against Japan is drawing audiences to their feet, and, in some cases, to tears. Some say it helps deflect public discontent. By Lily Kuo Reporting ...