A partnership was also inked to release an anime series based on Chinese action-comedy franchise Detective Chinatown.
The company also cited postponed releases of movies it invested in, including Detective Chinatown 3, and the delayed shooting of TV dramas.
NEW YORK - Pearl River Mart, an iconic Chinese-goods department store in New York, is preparing to open a third location in the city's Chinatown.
More than 200 guests attended an event in London on Monday to mark the 40th anniversary of the Bank of China's London Chinatown Branch.
"After 40 years of intensive cultivation in the British market and assiduous service to the local community, Bank of China has become a welcome feature in the landscape of Chinatown.
This was upgraded to the West End Branch in 1992, and later it changed its name to London Chinatown Branch.
Fang, who is also the chief executive officer of Bank of China (UK) Limited, said: "In the past 40 years, the Chinatown Branch not only witnessed the process of China's reform and opening-up, but also benefited from this process.
"The Chinatown Branch has been an active member of the London Chinatown community.
The branch will be in the Trocadero Centre on Shaftesbury Avenue, between Piccadilly Circus and London's Chinatown.
The branch will be in the Trocadero Centre on Shaftesbury Avenue, between Piccadilly Circus and London’s Chinatown.
The cashless payments will be firstly introduced in merchants around the Chinatown area, said Jed Huang, Founder and Director of CC Financial Services, the owner of CCpay, at a press conference here on Tuesday, adding that there are plans for further expanding the services to other shopping malls in Singapore later.
Comedian and actress Jia Ling's maiden directorial project "Hi, Mom" and Wanda Pictures' comedy "Detective Chinatown 3" led the box office chart for the period from Jan 1 to April 18, respectively contributing 27 percent and nearly 23 percent of the total, according to box office tracker Maoyan.
Although the 31-year-old started to learn Chinese as early as five, his closest link with China was his frequent visits to Chinatown in Myanmar and the United Kingdom.
This achievement, in addition to a whopping 5.77 billion yuan revenue from the 2021 war blockbuster "The Battle at Lake Changjin," saw the "Changjin" films become China's top-grossing film series ever, replacing the "Detective Chinatown" comedy movie franchise.
Steve Hou, managing director of Sweet Lu bakery in Sydney's Chinatown, said his mooncakes have been "flying out the bakery door" since June.
Chinese comedy films "Hi, Mom" and "Detective Chinatown 3" lead the yearly chart, with earnings of 5.41 billion yuan and 4.52 billion yuan respectively, or 18 percent and 15 percent of the total.
Comedian and actress Jia Ling's maiden directorial project Hi, Mom and Wanda Pictures' comedy Detective Chinatown 3xa0led the yearly chart, with total earnings of 5.41 billion yuan and 4.52 billion yuan, respectively, or 20 percent and 16.7 percent of the total.
China's box office total since the beginning of this year had hit 19.47 billion yuan as of Saturday, with Hi, Mom and Wanda Pictures' comedy Detective Chinatown 3 accounting for about 28 percent and 23 percent, respectively, data from Maoyan showed.
Comedian and actress Jia Ling's maiden directorial project "Hi, Mom" and Wanda Pictures' long-awaited comedy "Detective Chinatown 3", both released on the Spring Festival, or Feb 12, contributed 30.7 percent and 27.8 percent of the total, respectively.
Wanda Film, one of the leading film companies in China and one of the producers and distributors of Detective Chinatown 3, the highest grossing film during the Spring Festival period, is said to have earned 550 million yuan, according to a report by Guosheng Securities.
Detective Chinatown 3, the latest installment in China's well-received Detective Chinatownxa0comedy film franchise, was placed second with a revenue of 1.4 billion yuan.
Sunday also saw Hi, Momxa0overtake Detective Chinatown 3xa0to become the highest grossing film in China this year, with both scoring more than 4 billion yuan so far.
Seven domestic movies, including Detective Chinatown 3, are slated for release on the Spring Festival which falls on Feb 12.
Wanda Film expects further recovery in profits as more of its films are scheduled for release soon, such as Detective Chinatown 3, which follows the highly successful Detective Chinatown 2, which raked in box-office revenue of nearly 3.4 billion yuan in 2018.
Those included several sequels of hit films such as Detective Chinatown 3 and Jiang Ziya.
The upcoming Detective Chinatown, which will be released during the Spring Festival peak movie-going season, was shot entirely with Aiexa Imax Camera, Imax China said.
Restaurants in London's Chinatown were also a popular destination, with 7.5 percent of all Alipay transactions in the UK taking place there.
The establishment is just five minutes away from the city's Chinatown and based in the Ropewalks area, which is renowned for experimental mixology.