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'Mulan' could hit China while forgoing US theatrical release

The repeatedly delayed Disney blockbuster-to-be Mulan will give up its planned theatrical release in North American market and go directly to Disney Plus. But there is prospect that it will still open

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India’s Byju’s acquires WhiteHat Jr. for $300 million

Byju’s has acquired edtech startup WhiteHat Jr. for $300 million as the Indian online learning giant looks to expand its dominant reach in the country.The all-cash deal makes 18-month-old Mumbai-headq

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Google Play Music to shut down starting in September, will disappear by December

Google’s plans to wind down its Google Play Music service in favor of the company’s newer YouTube Music have been known for some time. But Google this week has given users a deadline on ma

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Disney's long-awaited "Mulan" to debut online rather than in theaters

Disney's long-awaited China-set live-action film "Mulan" will be released via streaming in the United States next month, the Hollywood entertainment giant said Tuesday

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Disney's 'Mulan' to skip most movie theaters for September streaming

Liu Yifei stars in Walt Disney Co's live-action epic "Mulan." /CFP Walt Disney Co's live-action epic "Mulan" will skip most of the world's movie theaters and go directly to the company's strea

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Wanda Film revenues drop significantly due to COVID-19 impact

Wanda Cinema IMAX closes due to the epidemic in Tongzhou District, Beijing, July 9, 2020. /VCG Wanda Film Holding Co., Ltd. on Monday reported a notable net loss in the first half of the year

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Donald Trump demands US gets 'large percentage' of any TikTok sale

The US president argues America will make a buyout of the Chinese-owned video app possible and so deserves a share of the deal.

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Dollar falters as investors await U.S. stimulus deal

U.S. 100 dollar notes. /Reuters A nascent rebound in the dollar paused on Tuesday as investors weighed mixed but encouraging economic data against slow progress toward a U.S. government spendi

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An American guide to killing competition in tech

VCG Editor's note: Wamika Kapur is an Indian PhD scholar of international relations at South Korea's Yonsei University. The article reflects the author's opinions and not necessarily the views

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The five-eyed monster has its sights on TikTok

Editor's note:Tom Fowdy is a British political and international relations analyst and a graduate of Durham and Oxford universities. He writes on topics pertaining to China, the DPRK, Britain and

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The race for WTO top seat begins in earnest

From left: Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Egypt's Abdel-Hamid Mamdouh and Kenya's Amina Mohamed, the three candidates from Africa contending for the WTO top seat. /CGTN/Social Media There are

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Australia's Melbourne clamps down in frantic race to curb virus

Australia’s second-biggest city, Melbourne, already under night curfew, announced fresh restrictions on industries including retail and construction on Monday in a bid

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Hong Kong suspends extradition, legal assistance agreements with New Zealand

Photo taken on July 14, 2020 shows the Golden Bauhinia Square in south China's Hong Kong, July 14, 2020. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaochu)The move came after New Zealand unilaterally

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China suspends HK extradition, judicial assistance treaties with New Zealand

China has decided to suspend extradition and judicial assistance treaties between its Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) and New Zealand, according to a Chinese Foreign Ministry spo

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Chinese speech contest for foreign secondary school students concludes in New Zealand

The New Zealand final of the 13th "Chinese Bridge" Speech Contest for World Secondary School Students ended here on Sunday at the Confucius Institute at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW). Th

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Pompeo says U.S. may take action against TikTok and other Chinese tech companies “shortly”

Days after President Donald Trump announced he could use an executive order to ban TikTok from the United States, Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said the administration is “closing in on a so

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Trump backs Microsoft buyout of TikTok after threat to ban Chinese video app

Negotiations would involve a "complete security review" and a promise that all user data would be stored in the US.