Here’s why Hollywood censors its films for China

Hollywood censors the movies it sends to China, sometimes with hilarious or completely implausible results on screen. Film industry reporter Erich Schwartzel discusses with CNN's Jake Tapper why production companies go to such great lengths to avoid angering Chinese authorities.#CNN #News

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    1. Cut their tongues out and nationalise their wealth. Take their speech from them completely. They start signing? Chop those arms off at the shoulder.

  1. Damn that’s how you know you’re the global superpower. When you get to dictate the content every other country on the planet is allowed to produce.

    1. @mpalfadel2008 businesses by design cannot be ethical. They are beholden to their shareholders and are legally expected to do what is best for the bottom-line of said shareholders.

  2. Here’s why? Without watching is the answer that there are 1.5 billion of them and they buy movie tickets. Just a wild guess.

    1. @name1.1 name 2.1
      Sorry not sorry about your obvious brain damage. You don’t sound stupid and paranoid, at all.

    2. @Ellis D. Trails the guy is telling the truth, the USA big-mega propaganda machine it’s everywhere, but China is now the new global leader along with the Russians, and the USA propaganda machine is the only thing we have now against Russia or China because China already has better weapons and higher technology than us USA according to the Pentagon, the British, the independent military agencies and the Chinese intelligence agency as well !

  3. Where have you been? You’re about 20 years too late dude
    You should have been reporting on this long ago

  4. Don’t get me wrong, I’m thrilled that CNN is reporting this. But they are over a year behind Glenn Beck and other conservative outlets. Late is better than the science we have heard so far. Perhaps Jake is hoping the new management will give him credit.

  5. Biggest lesson is that economic clout is a powerful weapon. Anything that boosts economic clout including technological prowess is crucial. All countries wishing to remain independent must build up their intellectual capacity and value their best people and businesses.

  6. What if you want to sell your films/games/… to the Saudi Arabia market? In what way to offend or insult your customers?

  7. Basically because of money if the film studio can’t show the movie in china they wont earn any big money back

  8. Can you run a movie in INDIA in which a KASHMIRI flag is shown representing India instead of an Indian one, or in UK with a FALKLAND Flag instead of a British one. Same applies to Taiwan. Taiwan is an island of China. period

    1. The people of the Falklands identify as British, and China refuse to let Taiwan have an independence vote without the threat of violence.
      Stupid comparison.

  9. Other countries edit movies before playing them in theaters
    Hollywood should do the same? Version A (original) and Version B (edited for China)
    Let the rest of the world watch the original as intended by the directors

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