Following the announcement of their US cinematic release, Chinese sci-fi epic The Wandering Earth 2 has announced an Australian and New Zealand release on January 22.
For real. This doesn't appear to be another Moonfallpromo.
Space.com and a range of other equally reliable sources have reported on an image posted to a China National Space Administration (CNSA) affiliated site taken by their Yutu 2 rover.
Taiwan News reports the absense of black actress Sharon Duncan-Brewster's character and replacement with Taiwanese actor Chang Chen's character on Chinese promotional posters for Dune.
At this time it isn't known who is responsible for this difference and it should be noted that the US version of the posters have also been seen in China.
A recent flash in the night sky in New South Wales is believed to have been China's Shiyan-10 satellite. According to Space.com executing an expected upper rocket burn.
A new object was catalogued in orbit and was likely this satellite but China have since declared it lost.
Submitted by ionscifi on September 30, 2021 - 12:11
Xinhua reports that China's sci-fi industry exceeded 36.3 billion yuan ($7.8 billion AUD) in the first half of this year. It generated 55.1 billion yuan ($11.8 billion AUD) last year.
How does that compare with Australia? That's a mystery. If those figures are publicly available they're not easy to find.
A Xinhua article from a previous year on the same topic included an intriguiging claim from the government / university report.
