DUANJU  NEWS

The Global Traffic Conference (GTC) took place in early November. Organized by Beluga Global, the event brought together professionals from China and abroad to discuss video games, artificial intelligence, and short vertical fiction. Nearly 200 exhibitors presented their projects in an atmosphere focused on creativity and international collaboration. Duanju.news correspondent and Chinese producer Wenwen Han traveled to the event to cover it and share the highlights in a short

Two established companies, Night Train Media and Spirit Studios, have announced the development of a phone-native micro-drama, set to launch worldwide via Night Train Digital. The project aims to innovate by combining intimate 9:16 framing, studio-level writing, and strong emotional rhythm (“one feeling per beat”). According to Herbert L. Kloiber, CEO of Night Train Media Group: “The global rise of vertical content is something we’ve followed closely. Our goal is to raise the

We previously demonstrated in an article that comics originated in a short, serialized format: first in Le Journal de Mickey (1934), then in Pilote (launched in 1959), where the adventures of Asterix, Lucky Luke, or Tanguy and Laverdure appeared weekly. This serial rhythm shaped a genuine culture of anticipation and suspense, a direct ancestor of the duanju model and its digital variations. A parallel with webtoons was also explored in another article . Today, the story se