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As it stands, the current US government is set to place 104% tariffs on anyone who imports goods made in China But the White House issued a list of exceptions And one or two stand out that may be of high import to the comic book industry The one that publishes so many graphic novels[...]

TikTok informed U.S. users that the app is down "for now," with the law banning the ByteDance-owned app going into effect in a few hours.

TikTok posted a message to U.S. users via the app that the Jan. 19th ban was hours away and that service could be "temporarily unavilable."

Adult Swim's Rick and Morty tackled the U.S. TikTok ban, tech bros, and China with some help from S04E02: "The Old Man and the Seat."

Supreme Court upheld the law that was passed by Congress and signed by President Joseph Biden last year, which gave China's ByteDance a ninety-day window to divest from TikTok or see the app banned in the U.S Those supporting the law argue that TikTok is a security risk to the U.S., serving as a pipeline[...]

alone (with the overall business valued up to $150B). Image: Stone / UK – October 25 2019: TikTok app logo on a smartphone screen and flags of China and United States Tiktok WeChat are banned Apps are in centre of US – China tensions and security concerns (shutterstock.com/Ascannio) "This unconstitutional law is a TikTok ban, and we[...]

In addition, some concerns about last month's bill are addressed in what was passed today – including giving ByteDance a year to find a new TikTok owner, an increase from the previous six-month time limit. Image: Stone / UK – October 25 2019: TikTok app logo on a smartphone screen and flags of China and United[...]

(impacting 170+ million Americans) unless Chinese owner ByteDance divests its stake in the app over growing concerns that TikTok has become a national security threat. Image: Stone / UK – October 25 2019: TikTok app logo on a smartphone screen and flags of China and United States Tiktok WeChat are banned Apps are in centre of[...]

China's Ministry of National Security is now publishing manga-style comic books about, what else, national security And adapted from what they claim are "real cases of counter-espionage operations cracked down upon by frontline officers." China's Ministry of National Security Turns To Propaganda Manga The People's Daily states that the first chapter was released on the ministry's official[...]

This included removing rewards that incentivize players to return, giving freebies as an encouragement to spend more, or offering daily rewards that would require people to continually log in to receive them or keep a streak going. When the word of these new rules got out, it sent China's marketplace into a bit of a frenzy,[...]

Yesterday, China Literature Limited, China's largest online publishing and e-book company, itself a a spinoff of Tencent Holdings, agreed to buy the animation and comics business from its controlling shareholder, Tencent for $84 million This includes all of Tencent Animation and Comics, their related business and IP rights of works, animation and film projects, including[...]

But from China, South Korea and Malaysia. Black Mask's North American printers couldn't access materials for hardcover graphic novels at the time So Black Mask set the book up at overseas printers, but each time it was about to print, production was cancelled at the last minute Black Mask was told that Godkiller: Spiderland was blocked[...]

Well, today's Action Comics sees Kong Keenan, the Super-Man of China, as such a suspect. Accused of being a spy for the Chinese against the Americans Even if the accusation is coming from aliens. Of course, we know that Superman isn't the only one with heat vision today He just knows how to use it well. It turns out[...]

Either he's losing his mind, or this is a major case of gaslighting. Lost in the Stars is written by Chen Sicheng, who is also behind the hit Detective Chinatown movies, and co-directed by Liu Xiang and Cui Rui The Chinese movie is set in a resort town in Thailand where Chinese tourists like to visit[...]

Reframing audience perceptions of Chinese films through a blended genre approach, his feature film, Guidance (2021), was released in cinemas across China in late 2021 The film arrives in the United States on-demand on multiple platforms on June 17th.  Good Deed Entertainment has announced a release date for Guidance in the U.S on VOD platforms, including [...]

This time it's a Chinese CGI animated movie about the demigod Sun Wukong and his fellow demons as they escort the monk Tang Sanzang on his pilgrimage to India to collect the Buddhist scriptures to bring back to China. "The Monkey King Reborn" cover art, Wellgo USA. The plot of this movie is a stop on their[...]

While it's not the first time that "The Mouse" has found itself embroiled in some kind of controversy involving China and the Chinese government You need to look no further than the issues raised about some of the filming locations for Mulan, The Walt Disney Company's perceived willingness to bend to government censors, and even[...]

The General-Consulate of China in Japan has posted a series of comic pages on Twitter featuring characters from Chinese video game Genshin Impact in order to promote anti-fraud awareness The comics, in both Chinese and Japanese, warn Chinese people in Japan to be wary of telecommunication fraud, which is apparently a big thing for Chinese[...]

The edict is part of President Xi Jinping's call for a "national rejuvenation" with business and the public under orders to align with his vision for China Among the numerous components of his growing manifesto that he's forcing onto broadcasters and other media (seemingly making it up as he goes along) are a crackdown on[...]

But it seems to revisit those Authority days, first in Ethiopia with trade and medical vehicles being targeted by bandits. Which goes pretty much as expected. But it is just a warm-up for what follows, with China being targeted over their much-criticised inhumane treatment of Urhgar Muslim Chinese citizens, with allegations of crimes against humanity and genocide[...]

Yesterday, we reported how fans of Friends in China were able to be a part of HBO Max's Friends: The Reunion special with Mathew Perry, Courtney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Schwimmer, and series creators David Crane and Marta Kauffman, – but not everyone else was "invited." It was discovered that China's leading[...]

So you live in China (where the serious is still very amazingly popular) and you've been a big fan of Friends for years- through DVD releases and other avenues- which means this week was a pretty big one for you HBO Max's Friends: The Reunion was reuniting Mathew Perry, Courtney Cox, Jennifer Aniston, Lisa Kudrow,[...]

Today, we have some new additions with Black Lightning teasing a "flashy" future, a toothless edition of WWE Raw, a Lucifer chair dance party, Shogun casting, more details on the Powerpuff pilot, John Cena pro-China, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia kicking off Season 15 in an officially unofficial way But since some days can[...]

But the roles have reversed, and now it's John Cena who's laying down for the three-count… for the government of China and its imperialist designs. John Cena is so, so sorry for calling Taiwan a country. While promoting the new movie Fast and Furious 9, Cena said that Taiwan would be "the first country" to see the[...]

The movie adaptation of Monster Hunter looked set to do decent, perhaps even very good box office in China… until it got yanked for an allegedly racist joke Imagine being the writer (and in this case, also the director) waking up on Saturday to hear that your movie is in the middle of a shitstorm[...]

IO Interactive released a new trailer this morning showing off a new location in Hitman 3 as you're headed to Chongqing, China As part of the mission for this latest trilogy, you will be heading to the rainy, neon-lit streets of a Chinese transportation hub This one filled with shops and food stands at every[...]

Fenton, formerly of Valiant-owners DMG and of IDW Entertainment, has a lot of experience creating media in China and the USA and is looking back at those experiences with more of a critical eye in the current climate On the 21st of October, he will be signing copies of his book at The Comic Bug[...]

Fenton was president of the China-based DMG Entertainment Motion Picture Group, General Manager of DMG North America (owners of Valiant Comics), and Senior Advisor to IDW Media Holdings. I recently read it, and it made for quite the page-turner, and there are so many nuggets to share. You can follow along with a few I wrote with this tag[...]

Chris Fenton was president of the China-based DMG Entertainment Motion Picture Group, General Manager of DMG North America (owners of Valiant Comics), and Senior Advisor to IDW Media Holdings. He has now written a book, Feeding The Dragon, looking at his career, getting American movies into Chinese markets, notably Looper and Iron Man 3. I recently read it, and it made for quite the[...]

Chris Fenton was president of the China-based DMG Entertainment Motion Picture Group, General Manager of DMG North America (owners of Valiant Comics), and Senior Advisor to IDW Media Holdings. He has now written a book, Feeding The Dragon, looking at his career, getting American movies into Chinese markets, notably Looper and Iron Man 3. I recently read it, and it made for quite the[...]