China’s cinemas are starting to reopen after being closed for nearly six months because of the coronavirus pandemic. But strict measures remain in place to prevent the spread of Covid-19, and there were only 130,000 tickets sold across the country when they opened on July 20, 2020. China has grown to become the world’s second-largest movie market, and in 2019, the national box office earnings set a record of 64.3 billion yuan (US$9 billion). But as the initial epicentre of the pandemic, Chinese…
