Bonus - The US-China Film Relationship w/ Erich Schwartzel (Preview)

Subscribe now for the full episode! Danny welcomes back to the show Erich Schwartzel, reporter at the Wall Street Journal, for a conversation about the film industry connection between the US and China. They start in the mid-90s as China’s economy opens up, how distribution in China of US films opened more windows of profit earning, US studios’ self-censorship, the soft power aspect of the relationship, the role of American experts in the construction of the Chinese film industry, the souring of US-China film relations in the late 2010s, and more. Be sure to check out Erich’s book Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy.