Giant explosions, fight scenes and a load of special effects aren't everyone's cup of tea – but people in China can’t get enough of Hollywood action movies. They may have flopped in the US, but films likeWarcraftandResident Evilhave seen huge success in China.

Young people in China are obsessed with romantic comedies. Given the wave of disaffected Chinese youth, frustrated with low-paying jobs and few dating prospects in a gender imbalanced society, fairytale endings have a very real appeal for the country's youth.

It's action time for Chinese cinema, as the second homegrown movie in a year sets a national box office record. Even as Hollywood movies tempt Chinese audiences, the domestic box office revenues are growing so fast, that China’s movie market is set to outdo Hollywood by 2017.

A sexual awakening is occurring in China. As young people experiment with sex, drugs and civil disobedience, this shift has shades of the West’s cultural upheaval in the ‘60s. But are conservative values still shackling the majority? And to what extent can China’s youth really cut loose?