“Cold Water,” by director Zhang Xinyang, had previously been pitched at project stage at the 2020 edition of the SIFF Project market. This time it returned as a work in progress, earned a ...

Zhang Xinyang, 28, a Chinese prodigy who won a university place at the age of 10 and went to graduate school at 13, now says “sitting around and doing nothing is the key to lifelong happiness”.

His shyness and unguarded manner, however, gave him away. Zhang Xinyang, from Panjin in Liaoning province, entered college at just 10 years of age, a record in China. Now 16, he is pursuing a ...

Once hailed as a child prodigy in China, Zhang Xinyang, 28, recently said that sitting around and doing nothing is the key to lifelong happiness. In a Sept 20 interview with Chinese media ...

Twenty-eight-year-old Zhang Xinyang has had the kind of life that is unconventional, to say the least. As the youngest person to ever attend college in China, he seemed destined for greatness.

Lifeng Ye (seated at center), is comforted by her son Xinyang Zhang (left) and Xiaolin Hou (right) after a news conference at the I-Hotel in Urbana, Illinois, on Tuesday Aug. 22, 2017. Lifeng Ye ...

The 17th edition of the SIFF Project Market, held on the margins of the Shanghai International Film Festival, wrapped this week with the awarding of various prizes and an early evening party.

In all, some 150 companies took part in a total of 661 meetings. "Cold Water," by director Zhang Xinyang, had previously been pitched at project stage at the 2020 edition of the SIFF Project market.

In all, some 150 companies took part in a total of 661 meetings. “Cold Water,” by director Zhang Xinyang, had previously been pitched at project stage at the 2020 edition of the SIFF Project ...