“Ne Zha 2” — a Chinese cartoon reimagining the tale of a “demon child” from a 16th-century novel — has taken more than $2bn and become the most successful animated feature ever made anywhere, ...

F ilm-makers in China have long tried to find the secret sauce for movies that wow audiences while pleasing the Communist Party. The epics that evolved became known as zhuxuanlu, or “main melody” ...