Hollywood and China: happily ever after?
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Until a few years ago, Hollywood dominated Chinese cinemas. In the People\\u2019s Republic, Marvel\\u2019s superhero romps were the people\\u2019s favourite, with Avengers: Endgame taking in over \\xa3510 million at Chinese box offices.
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\\nHollywood is desperate to crack the Chinese market \\u2013 after all, it\\u2019s a country with a fifth of the world\\u2019s population and a growing middle class. But there\\u2019s just one problem \\u2013 the small issue of the Chinese Communist Party, which tightly controls the films people can see.
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\\nSince the success of Avengers: Endgame, Marvel films had effectively been blacklisted until earlier this year, with other Hollywood blockbusters failing to break through either. On this episode, we\\u2019ll be talking about the complicated love affair between Beijing and LA.
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\\nI\\u2019m joined by Wall Street Journal journalist Erich Schwartzel, author of Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy; and Chris Berry, Professor of Film Studies at Kings College London \\u2013 you might remember him from our previous episode discussing the golden age of Chinese films.
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\\nHollywood is desperate to crack the Chinese market \\u2013 after all, it\\u2019s a country with a fifth of the world\\u2019s population and a growing middle class. But there\\u2019s just one problem \\u2013 the small issue of the Chinese Communist Party, which tightly controls the films people can see.
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\\nSince the success of Avengers: Endgame, Marvel films had effectively been blacklisted until earlier this year, with other Hollywood blockbusters failing to break through either. On this episode, we\\u2019ll be talking about the complicated love affair between Beijing and LA.
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\\nI\\u2019m joined by Wall Street Journal journalist Erich Schwartzel, author of Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy; and Chris Berry, Professor of Film Studies at Kings College London \\u2013 you might remember him from our previous episode discussing the golden age of Chinese films.