March 2021 Popular Culture Update
With Blackpink’s ‘protest trucks,’ have K-pop fans gone too far? (SCMP)
New Live-Action Film Based on Stan Lee Story Inspired by China’s Monkey King Ignited Discussion in China (Global Times)
Hollywood aims to win hearts of Chinese moviegoers by introducing Chinese legendary figure but risks another ‘Mulan’: experts (Global Times)
Korean War movie commemorating China’s heroic soldiers heads to streaming platform iQIYI (Global Times)
‘Red-themed dramas’ featuring CPC History Hit the Small Screen, Younger Generations Appreciate with Respect, Curiosity (Global Times)
Hashida, writer of acclaimed Japanese TV drama “Oshin” dies at 95 (Kyodo News)