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Not that hard for me. Americans have criticized, sued and raised awareness about their government misconducts, with little repercussions. Joseph Gordon-Levitt d

Not that hard for me. Americans have criticized, sued and raised awareness about their government misconducts, with little repercussions. Joseph Gordon-Levitt didn't get persecuted for playing Snowden. Adam Driver didn't receive state sanctioned intimidation for playing Daniel J. Jones. Director, screenwriters, producers and etc get to live their life normally. Can you imagine what will happen to Fan Bing Bing if she plays Chai Ling (One of Tiananmen Square student leader)? So to answer your question - no it's not okay. But I would expect HN audience to be able to see the obvious distinctions.

echelon 6y ago
It's ironic that you mention Hollywood, because our studios are now catering to CCP sensibilities. You'll never see a film critical of China made domestically. Our studios want access to the Chinese market and they know that if they produce such a film, they'll be blacklisted. This is why we need top-down decoupling. China knows we're addicted, and they've got us in a good spot to continue growing off of our market.
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- jimbob45 6y ago
  Isn’t it the case that only 10 or so US movies are allowed in China in any given year? I figure that we optimize our 10 movies for China and then leave the rest alone.
- hertzrat 6y ago
  It’s happening in gaming too. The most recent thing in memory was something Blizzard did, and apparently the word Taiwan is censored in all chats in PubG[1] [1] https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/15/chinese-censorship-affects-games-everywhere-and-its-getting-bigger/ https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/15/chinese-censorship-affect...
trasz 6y ago
McCarthy’s commission existed till... early seventies?
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  The committee McCarthy chaired at the time of his notorious anti-Communist crusade was the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which still exists. You may be thinking of the House Un-American Activities Committee, which also spent some time doing similar anti-Communist witch hunts, which existed until being renamed as the House Internal Security Committee in 1969, and was abolished with it's functions transferred to the House Judiciary Committee in 1975.
  - trasz 6y ago
    Thanks. So it boils down to China being where USA was 50 years ago, freedom of speech-wise?
    - dragonwriter 6y ago
      Well, no, 63 years ago was Yates v. US; even through the height of the anti-Communist witch hunting phase, the US had a stronger protection of free speech rights of Communists than China has for dissidents today. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yates_v._United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yates_v._United_States

echelon 6y ago

It's ironic that you mention Hollywood, because our studios are now catering to CCP sensibilities. You'll never see a film critical of China made domestically. Our studios want access to the Chinese market and they know that if they produce such a film, they'll be blacklisted. This is why we need top-down decoupling. China knows we're addicted, and they've got us in a good spot to continue growing off of our market.

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jimbob45 6y ago
Isn’t it the case that only 10 or so US movies are allowed in China in any given year? I figure that we optimize our 10 movies for China and then leave the rest alone.
hertzrat 6y ago
It’s happening in gaming too. The most recent thing in memory was something Blizzard did, and apparently the word Taiwan is censored in all chats in PubG[1] [1] https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/15/chinese-censorship-affects-games-everywhere-and-its-getting-bigger/ https://venturebeat.com/2018/11/15/chinese-censorship-affect...

trasz 6y ago

McCarthy’s commission existed till... early seventies?

dragonwriter 6y ago
The committee McCarthy chaired at the time of his notorious anti-Communist crusade was the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which still exists. You may be thinking of the House Un-American Activities Committee, which also spent some time doing similar anti-Communist witch hunts, which existed until being renamed as the House Internal Security Committee in 1969, and was abolished with it's functions transferred to the House Judiciary Committee in 1975.
- trasz 6y ago
  Thanks. So it boils down to China being where USA was 50 years ago, freedom of speech-wise?
  - dragonwriter 6y ago
    Well, no, 63 years ago was Yates v. US; even through the height of the anti-Communist witch hunting phase, the US had a stronger protection of free speech rights of Communists than China has for dissidents today. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yates_v._United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yates_v._United_States