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Re:Trump bans Alipay and seven other Chinese apps by echelon on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @08:51AM (#25657689)
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.

Re:Trump bans Alipay and seven other Chinese apps by hertzrat on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @02:08PM (#25661017)
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-affect...

Re:Trump bans Alipay and seven other Chinese apps by jimbob45 on Wednesday January 06, 2021 @01:49PM (#25660799)
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.