Moving up down under

The Dalian Wanda Group - the new owner of Hoyts, Australia's second-largest cinema chain - aims to improve the viewing experiences of movie fans in Oz. Xu Fan reports.

With cinema renovations and screenings of Chinese-language movies, China's largest cinema operator, Wanda, seems to be influencing how Australians watch movies.

Dalian Wanda Group, which was initially a property developer, has not hidden its ambitions to become a global entertainment powerhouse. In 2012, it bought the cinema chain AMC Entertainment in the United States. It bought Hoyts, Australia's second-largest cinema chain, a year ago.