Sure, and I agree that sex scenes aren't inherently more complex / difficult to film than fight scenes (caveats around CGI, green screen, etc complexities that

Sure, and I agree that sex scenes aren't inherently more complex / difficult to film than fight scenes (caveats around CGI, green screen, etc complexities that are more likely required in the latter). As intimated though, the challenge is keeping China happy - there's been a constant series of articles about this phenomenon. Beyond the acceptance of ultra-violence along with a distaste for sexuality, consider all the political hand-wringing that led Disney to the Iron Man 3 fracas. [0] Or informed their decisions around promoting any films with a non-white protagonist. [1] But really, any web search on 'how are the chinese market cuts of marvel films different' will get you a slew of results. Aside - about 15 years ago, while in Hong Kong, I picked up a bootleg DVD of Love Actually (a highly popular, but arguably shite, film). Turned out that the local cut of that film excised every appearance of Martin Freeman & Joanna Page. [0] https://screenrant.com/iron-man-3-china-version-different-scenes/ https://screenrant.com/iron-man-3-china-version-different-sc... [1] https://qz.com/quartzy/1231764/the-story-behind-the-racist-responses-to-black-panther-in-china/ https://qz.com/quartzy/1231764/the-story-behind-the-racist-r...