Nearly all residents in historic China village act in local TV miniseries; even livestock are hired

TV drama producers flock to ‘natural film studio’; chickens, geese, ducks, horses act as extras; ‘skilled’ donkey is paid ...
Campaign Asia

China’s village café craze faces growing pains

Village cafés, or small-town coffee shops, have been a closely monitored phenomenon in China. There are two types of coffee shops discussed here. One is mostly concentrated in lower-tier cities and ...
Reuters

China pilots village surveillance in Solomon Islands, seeks stability

SYDNEY, Sept 11 (Reuters) - China has exported its village surveillance model to the Solomon Islands in the Pacific, where Chinese police are piloting fingerprint and data collection to curb social ...