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By East Asia Forum By Wendy Su* Though film industries are market-based and profit-driven, they cannot escape the constraints of the political structures, ideology, or cultural value systems in which they are situated. Nor can they be removed from diplomatic relations and geopolitics. So, as US–China relations reach their iciest point in decades, Hollywood and ‘Chinawood’ are caught in the middle. The Hollywood–China relationship has alternated between a competitive and collaborative dynamic over the last four decades. In the 1990s, Hollywood’s near monopoly of the Chinese film market caused a crisis in China’s domestic film industry. Renowned art house filmmakers,...
