China's summer box office surpasses 7 bln yuan mark

China's 2025 summer box office, including presales, has exceeded 7 billion yuan (about 979 million U.S. dollars) as of 21:28 on Sunday, according to data from online ticketing platforms.

Single-day box office revenue hit a new high this summer, exceeding 380 million yuan on Sunday, the data showed.

The war-themed film "Dead To Rights" leads the charts at over 1.5 billion yuan (about 208 million U.S. dollars) in earnings. It tells the story of a group of Chinese civilians who took refuge in a photography studio during the Japanese aggressors' brutal occupation of Nanjing in 1937.

Other top performers are the Chinese comedy "The Lychee Road" and the American blockbuster "Jurassic World: Rebirth."

As this year marks the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War, a series of films, dramas, music, dance and art works are being released, commemorating the history of the war and promoting its legacy.

In addition to "Dead To Rights," two more films, "Mountains and Rivers Bearing Witness" and "Dongji Island," are scheduled to be released in theaters this summer. All three movies are based on real historical events and depict the Chinese people's resistance against Japanese aggression from different perspectives.

The summer movie season, which runs from June 1 to Aug 31, is considered China's most important film period after the Spring Festival holidays.

China's summer box office surpasses 7 bln yuan mark

China's summer box office surpasses 7 bln yuan mark

China's summer box office surpasses 7 bln yuan mark

China's summer box office surpasses 7 bln yuan mark

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's official visit to China signals a policy shift towards building a more pragmatic relationship between the two countries, according to a Canadian researcher.

Carney arrived in Beijing on Wednesday to begin an official visit to China through Saturday, which marks the first trip by a Canadian Prime Minister to the country in eight years.

Robert Hanlon, director and principal investigator of Canada and the Asia Pacific Policy Project (CAPPP) at Thompson Rivers University in British Columbia, told the China Global Television Network (CGTN) that Carney's visit indicates Canada is recalibrating its strategic perception of China, which could cement the foundation for the country's economic diversification efforts and boost the development of bilateral cooperation.

"I think it's a clear message that he has moved Canada's strategy to a much more pragmatic, interest-based, -focused relationship with our trading partners, moving away from values-based narratives that we might have heard on previous governments. Canada has spoken about moving from what the Prime Minister's Office is calling "from reliance to resilience", and that means diversifying our economies and our trade everywhere in the world. And so China being our second largest trading partner, it makes perfect sense for our PM to head to Beijing," he said.

The scholar also noted the huge cooperation potential between the two sides in economic and trade fields, citing Canada's efforts to step up shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and the planned construction of an oil pipeline in Alberta which aims to increase export access to Asian markets. "Canada and China both share tremendous economic opportunities together and so finding ways to enhance our exports. Canada specifically looking to build out its LNG and oil, kind of export market. We know Canada is a major producer of critical minerals and China is a buyer. And so there's a lot of synergy between that kind of those kind of markets," he said.

Canadian PM's visit to China paves way for more pragmatic trade ties: scholar