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Possibly relevant: AMC theaters is owned by Chinese Wanda Group. China is an acquaintance of North Korea. Also, the Chairman and 100% owner of Wanda is a high
by chrischen 12y ago
Possibly relevant: AMC theaters is owned by Chinese Wanda Group. China is an acquaintance of North Korea.
Also, the Chairman and 100% owner of Wanda is a high level communist party member.
- msie 12y agoWhat would China have to fear from North Korea? China dictates things to NK not the other way around.
- chrischen 12y agoThey probably don't have anything to fear from North Korea. That's beyond the point though. The point is that China can influence American pop culture to be more communist-friendly.
- msie 12y agoSo they are influencing American pop culture by pulling the movie? They could have decided not to carry the movie months ago when it was first being pitched for distribution. And I believe one of the leaked Sony emails show that a China distributor decided not to carry the movie. So there was ample opportunity to exert influence ahead of the movie's release.
- djloche 12y agoThis is not a China fearing NK. This is China using an unaffiliated hacking group to hurt a Japanese company. A small dose of payback for the conquests of the 20th century.
- msie 12y agoHow is this related to the Chinese owner of a theatre chain? They are hurting themselves with lost ticket sales. Are you linking the theatre owner to the hacking incident?
- msie 12y agoOthers have noted that the hackers have latched onto the movie as a reason only after there was speculation that the movie was the reason. There was no mention of the movie when the hackers released their first press release.
- msie 12y agoOne more thing, AMC isn't the only theatre chain to pull the movie. At least 5-6 other theatre chains are refusing to screen the movie.