Category: Chris Fenton

China Censors ‘Minions’ Ending; Expert Says Hollywood Under Pressure to ‘Kowtow’ to CCP

August 24, 2022
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China’s vast censorship efforts are under scrutiny again, after it was revealed on social media that the Chinese version of the new children’s film “Minions: The Rise of Gru” featured an altered ending that supported the communist regime’s policies. While the global version of the film ends with two anti-heroes riding into the sunset after…

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‘The China Market Doesn’t Mean as Much as It Used to for Hollywood’: Chris Fenton on Tides Turning

June 4, 2022
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In this special episode, we sat down with Chris Fenton, author of “Feeding the Dragon: Inside the Trillion Dollar Dilemma Facing Hollywood, the NBA, & American Business.” He talks about “Top Gun: Maverick” not appearing in China, if there’s tide turning in Hollywood when it comes to the China market, and how this could all play…

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Marvel’s ‘Doctor Strange 2’ Banned in China Because of Epoch Times? With Chris Fenton

May 5, 2022
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Doctor Strange 2 may not make it to Chinese theaters. Allegedly, it is because a Chinese Epoch Times newspaper box appears in a scene. We discuss this situation with Chris Fenton, author of “Feeding the Dragon.” Will Marvel Studios cave to the Chinese Communist Party’s pressure? And where does Hollywood go from here, to what…

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‘If All You Had Was One Source of News’: Chris Fenton on Beijing’s Information Warfare

October 16, 2021
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In this special episode, we sat down with two guests: Chris Fenton, a U.S.–China expert and author of “Feeding the Dragon,” and journalist John Mac Ghlionn, who’s lived and worked in China. They touch on Beijing’s soft power tactics, such as through information warfare and Hollywood, and what that means going forward. On Beijing’s use…

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Chris Fenton: Inside Hollywood’s Thorny China Problem

June 29, 2021
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China is the largest movie market in the world. And huge profits are at stake for those that don’t toe the line of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). John Cena recently drew ire from the regime when he called Taiwan a country while promoting the latest “Fast and Furious” film. He publicly apologized. Concerns are…

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American Businesses, Celebrities Need to Stop Kowtowing to China

June 6, 2021
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Commentary This past week marked the 32nd anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre. On June 4, 1989, pro-democracy protesters gathered in Tiananmen Square in Beijing for peaceful demonstrations. Led by students, the demonstrators denounced China’s ruling Communist Party and sought greater freedoms for the Chinese people. In response, the Communist Party sent the military to crush…

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Hollywood Executive: From ‘Feeding the Dragon’ to Waking People Up

March 12, 2021
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Chris Fenton, long-time Hollywood executive and author of the book “Feeding the Dragon,” said on Tuesday that Hollywood has been making the Chinese communist regime so strong that it’s now out of control. “It wasn’t until many years later that I realized, not only were we feeding the dragon, which is China, too much, but we…

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