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Film Roundup: The Top Ten Films of 2008 and Red Cliff II
Submitted on Jan 7, 2009 5:00pmThe Top Ten Films of 2008
Triumphant reports of the continued dominance of domestic films over imported films at the Chinese box office in 2008 appeared on the pages of entertainment websites across China earlier this week. The claims of domestic strength were included in reports that detailed the 26.9% growth in box office takings over the previous year’s numbers to a total of RMB 4.21 billion in 2008.
According to the reports, this pushes China into the world’s top ten cinema markets. The 400 domestically produced films, most of which never made it to cinema screens, also see China rise to third on the world tables of film production.
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the Beijinger January 2009
Download PDFs of this issueHow time flies when you live in Beijing. One day you’re at the Bird’s Nest eating ramen straight out of the bag, and next you find it’s the Year of the Ox and you’re still eating ramen straight out of the bag. But why would you still be eating ramen straight out of the bag when there are so many new restaurants opening in Beijing? Global financial crisis, shlobal financial shmeisis – people gotta eat! So get your hands on the latest issue of the Beijinger and find out what Panino Giusto, YellowStone, Shiro Matsu and others are serving up.
The new openings just keep on a-coming, with shops like Icon X and World Health Store now open to the public, as well as up-and-coming bars like Mao Mao Chong and Provincia ready and waiting for you to get your drink on. If it’s live action you seek, there’s plenty of that in January, too – starting with Robots in Disguise, D’Julz, Lisa Ono, we are Enfant Terrible, D.O.A., the Hong Kong Philharmonic, DJ Vadim and MC Yarah Bravo all moseying through town at some point or another. Plus, ‘tis the time to take part in snow sports; you can read all about the annual Redbull Nanshan Open, as well as how else and where else you can dig into that powder … all in the latest issue of the Beijinger!
45,000 copies of the January issue are out around town; should you be unable to locate one, contact our distribution department at distribution@thebeijinger.com or download the PDF version of the issue below:
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Jan 10, 2009 Black Cat Bone + Sand
Blooze crew Black Cat Bone joins forces with Sand for an evening of rock and blues for the new year.
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