China’s family planning authorities are pursuing the acclaimed film director Zhang Yimou for allegedly violating the country’s one-child ­policy.

From the nation which brought you the 12 000km Long March in 1934, you would anticipate nothing less than a spectacle.

Chinese opera, a massive fireworks display and a mystery ending will mark the highly anticipated opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics, media reported on Wednesday. The…

Two very different movies about the Iraq war are among the favourites for awards at this year’s Venice film festival as it passes the halfway stage, and an unusually high number…