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An audience member takes a selfie with Hoff Xu, who cosplayed a movie character before a screening of the movie Ne Zha 2 on IMAX screen in Columbia Md., on March 1. (AP Photo/Fu Ting)
Living abroad and hungry to see a Chinese movie on the biggest of screens, some took action
A group of Chinese people have decided they wanted the nation’s biggest movie to be big in the United States, literally.
 
FILE -People gather around tables with newly released books on display during the Taipei International Book Exhibition at the Taipei World Trade Center in Taipei, Taiwan, Jan. 31, 2023. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying), File)
China gave a 3-year sentence to a Taiwan-based publisher on charges of inciting separatism
The editor-in-chief of a Taiwanese publishing house has received a three-year prison sentence after a Chinese court convicted him of inciting separatism.
 
The Capitol in Washington, Friday, Dec. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Republican legislation seeks to ban Chinese nationals from studying in the US
A group of House Republicans has put forward legislation seeking to prevent Chinese students from studying in American schools, citing national security concerns. Rep.
 
In this photo provided by the Dong family, Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu stands at the gates of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass., in May 2017. (Dong Family via AP)
Son of Chinese journalist jailed for espionage calls for his father’s release
The son of a Chinese journalist accused of espionage is calling for his father to be released from his seven-year prison sentence.
 
U.S. first lady Melania Trump walks along the Mutianyu Great Wall section in Beijing on Nov. 10, 2017. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
As Melania Trump returns to the White House, she’s winning Chinese fans
A surprising number of Chinese social media users have a new celebrity crush: Melania Trump. The two-time first lady has become an online celebrity in China, especially among women, despite her husband’s hostility toward China, but social media posts reflect an admiration for her independence, her t
 
Icons for the smartphone apps Xiaohongshu and TikTok are seen on a smartphone screen in Beijing, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
TikTok refugees are pouring to Xiaohongshu. Here’s what you need to know about the RedNote app
A rare wave of U.S.-China camaraderie broke out online in recent days as “refugees” from the popular short video platform TikTok poured onto a Chinese social media platform to protest a now-delayed ban on the service.
 
Yu Miao, owner of JF Books, speaks to The Associated Press in his bookstore in Washington, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
As China cracks down on bookstores at home, Chinese-language booksellers are flourishing overseas
Independent bookstores have become a new battleground in China. They’re getting swept up in the ruling Communist Party’s crackdown on dissent and free expression.
 
Student who wowed China in Alibaba math contest got help from teacher, organizers say
Organizers of a Chinese math competition say a vocational school student who finished near the top in the first round was helped by her teacher in violation of the rules.
 
A rider passes by an abandoned construction project on the outskirts of Beijing, Thursday, July 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Facing budget crunches, Chinese tax collectors descend on companies
Chinese authorities are chasing unpaid taxes from companies and individuals dating back decades, as the government moves to plug massive budget shortfalls and address a mounting debt crisis.
 
Students review their exam preparation materials in the last minutes before the National College Entrance Exam, or Gaokao, outside an exam venue in Hai'an city in east China's Jiangsu province Friday, June 7, 2024. A 17-year-old vocational school student from rural China in Jiangsu province has become a celebrity on Chinese social media after getting into the final round of a math competition, beating many others from elite universities while raising questions about the education system. . (Chinatopix via AP)
A vocational school student stuns China by besting university competitors in a math contest
A 17-year-old vocational school student from rural China has become a celebrity on Chinese social media after getting into the final round of a math competition, beating many others from elite universities while raising questions about the education system.
 
Customers line up at the food stall of Singaporean goalkeeper Hassan Sunny in Singapore, Friday, June 14, 2024. Chinese soccer fans have poured their love into Hassan's food stall after his performance in a game this week indirectly helped China advance to the third qualifying round for the World Cup in 2026. (AP Photo/Tim Chong)
Chinese soccer fans are pouring money into a food stall run by Singapore’s goalkeeper. Here’s why
Chinese soccer fans have poured their love — and money — into a Singaporean goalkeeper’s food stall after his performance in a game this week indirectly helped China advance to the third qualifying round for the World Cup in 2026.
 
Wang Gang, 36, front, a Chinese immigrant, talks with the driver of a car with others as they try to get a daily paid job working construction or in another trade in the Flushing neighborhood of the Queens borough of New York on May 3, 2024. The daily struggle to find work for Chinese immigrants living illegally in Flushing is a far cry from the picture Donald Trump and other Republicans have sought to paint about them. Asian advocacy organizations say they're concerned the exaggerated rhetoric could fuel further harassment against Asians in the U.S. (AP Photo/Fu Ting)
Trump suggests Chinese migrants are in the US to build an ‘army.’ The migrants tell another story
 
In this photo provided by comedian Lin Dongxiao, who uses the stage name Guazi, Lin performs standup in Toronto, Saturday, June 10, 2023. Lin moved back to China to pursue a career in standup comedy. (Courtesy of Lin Dongxiao via AP)
Chinese comedians living abroad are winning fans. But some topics are off limits
Standup comedy is booming in China, and Chinese people living around the world are setting up local Mandarin-language comedy clubs as far afield as Tokyo, Madrid and New York.
 
This photo provided by the FBI on Oct. 25, 2023 shows Brian Jeffrey Raymond. The former CIA officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting at least two dozen women during overseas postings around the world pleaded guilty Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2023. to federal sex abuse charges. (FBI via AP)
Ex-CIA officer accused of sexually abusing dozens of women pleads guilty to federal charges
A former CIA officer accused of drugging and sexually assaulting at least two dozen women has pleaded guilty to federal sex abuse charges.
 
Fans of the hit sit-com "Friends" gather at a cafe that pays homage to the Central Perk cafe in the series to commemorate the death of Matthew Perry who played the Chandler Bing character, in Shanghai, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023. Long before "Friends" made its official debut in China, the show was a word-of-mouth phenomenon in the country. In the wake of Matthew Perry's death at 54, fans in China are mourning the loss of the star who felt less like a distant celebrity and more like an old friend. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
In the wake of Matthew Perry’s death, Chinese fans mourn an old friend
Long before “Friends” made its official debut in China, the show was a word-of-mouth phenomenon in the country.
 
Chinese crackdown on foreign names draws protest
The Manhattan neighborhood, Venice Garden, the Vienna hotel chain. To the ears of the Chinese government, the names are too foreign-sounding and must go.
 
Geely, Volvo target world market with China-built luxury car
Volvo Cars and its Chinese parent company Geely are revving up efforts to compete with other luxury car brands both globally and within China, the world’s No. 1 market.