TOKYO -- Weekends and holidays, like the upcoming Golden Week that starts Friday, are typically bustling times for Chinese movie theaters. No longer.
Instead, the country's movie industry has been doing a painful twist on the silent film era, with the doors of China's theaters closed for three months. From China Film, the largest state-owned cinema conglomerate and also a big film producer, to smaller movie houses, the industry is caught in a severe financial squeeze.
