Long marred by poor effects and weak plotting, domestic horror films are suddenly on the rise and are making a killing at the box office.
Horror movie fans Cao Zhong and Lu Jia recently had a fierce argument about whether to go and see a recently released Chinese movie, The House That Never Dies.
Fear is personal, but horror movies reflect society's shared fears and are rooted in culture heritage and anxiety, according to experts.
A look at how much 11 recent Chinese horror films cost and raked in at the box office.
As watching TV dramas and playing games on mobile devices have become popular among young consumers, traditional TV producers are eager to pull them back to the living room by working with Internet service providers.
More than half of the ultra-high-resolution TVs sold worldwide are made in China, according to the South Korean newspaper Aju Business Daily, which cited a report by DisplaySearch, a research firm that focuses on the display supply chain.
Chinese Internet company Sohu.com Inc announced on Thursday that it will invest $15 million in South Korean artist management agency Keyeast Co Ltd to become its second-largest shareholder.
Weakness in the property market is prompting most cities to ease purchase restrictions and other curbs. But with negative sentiment among buyers so strong, analysts warned that local governments' moves will not help much - and might even backfire.
The desire for foreign goods purchased via the Internet is becoming so common in China it has spawned the term haiwai daigou, which roughly means overseas shopping representatives.
Media reports on the deepening of mixed-ownership reform for certain State-owned banks have intensified recently, but analysts said the results of the reform remain to be seen and its pace will be slower than expected.
Chinese stocks fell the most in six weeks, led by financial and energy companies, amid concerns that recent gains were excessive relative to growth prospects.
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