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China's #1 film in the last two weeks is the Japanese animation "Suzume"! China can provide huge box office to other Asian films that won't get much play in the West.

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A huge sea change in the Chinese market, Hollywood superheros are no longer the source for top foreign films in China.

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Japanese anime maestro Makoto Shinkai’s latest feature Suzume shot to the top of China’s theatrical box office over the weekend, earning a strong $50 million, the biggest start for a non-Chinese film this year. The performance underscores the growing potency of Japanese anime in China’s huge movie market at a time when Hollywood superhero fare has been fizzling.

Suzume is currently projected to finish its run at around $90 million, according to projections from local ticketing service Maoyan. That would be the biggest performance ever by a Japanese animated feature. Beijing-based specialty distributor Road Pictures imported and released the film.
 

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While Chinese guys play computer games, Chinese girls don bikinis and surf :D


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Close to foam-flecked rocks, where the big waves roar and crash, a posse of China’s elite surfers are in action, performing dizzyingly complex twists, turns and flips on their short boards.

Slightly further down the beach, groups of
athletic young women catch gentler waves, hollering with delight when they manage to stand up and gently guide their long boards towards the shore.

This scene plays out daily at
Shimei Bay, on Hainan island, where serious wave riders and neophyte surfers share ocean space. In normal times the bay – and other surf spots – are quiet during the smaller-wave months of summer. But the Covid-19 pandemic has ensured a year-round tourism bonanza for Hainan, with a huge boom in surfing, particularly among young women.

Women make up almost three-quarters of the clientele at surf schools run by Justin Tian. A reality-television show featuring heartthrob actor Wang Yibo being coached by Tian gave the surf school bookings a boost, as does the social-media-friendly nature of the sport.

A surfing shot on Weibo or WeChat – the Chinese equivalents of Twitter and WhatsApp – preferably in a
colourful bikini, is an ineffably cool image, one that shows your followers that you are sporty, skilled, toned and adventurous.

“It’s
mostly women,” says Tian, who runs two surf academies, located at beachside international hotels north of Hainan’s main tourism city, Sanya. Individual lessons cost the equivalent of US$180 for 90 minutes and come with a selection of close-up action photos, shot from the shore by a staff member.

“This
young generation of girls like to try a lot of new things; they pay a lot of attention to their bodies to keep fit,” Tian adds. “I think this is what is going on with our society; maybe the guys focus on computer games and don’t do so much workout, or activity.

“The
girls always insist on wearing bikinis, even though I warn them that a strong wave, or a fall, could rip it off! I saw a big surge in bookings last year, when we had the reality show.”

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