The Chinese film market is growing rapidly, with analysts expecting it to become the world’s largest by 2020. As a result of China’s economic rise and the decline of moviegoing in the U.S., Hollywood producers are increasingly catering to the Chinese. This raises serious concerns over the strong media influence the Communist Party could gain over global movie markets.
China’s Communist Party bans media content that depicts alcoholism, “glorification of evil,” ethnic conflict, religious themes, anything deemed pornographic or sexually abnormal (including the mere depiction of homosexuals), and anything that “harms public morality” from being shown in China. The wide range of restrictions has caught Hollywood’s attention as the Chinese film market grows.
