Two widely followed Chinese public figures — one an editor for a state media outlet, the other the son of a former party chief — released identical outlines on Tuesday of countermeasures Chinese authorities are said to be considering in response to Trump’s tariffs.

  • Kairos@lemmy.today
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    26 days ago

    That would actually be a net positive as films wouldn’t be censored to appease daddy China.

    Also films would have lower budgets.

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      Imagine if we had gotten a storm trooper turned Jedi instead of yet another desert orphan for the star wars sequels, like all the promotional materials before the first movie seemed to hint at.

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      25 days ago

      Also as hollywood gets dunked upon, other film industries have a chance of growth.

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    26 days ago

    Dude, just pirate them and put them in the theaters. Or shit, make them the friday night movie on TV broadcast.

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    26 days ago

    Finally American superheroes will no longer need to go to Shanghai and work with a heroic PLA special agent to save the world.

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      25 days ago

      Yup they can just collab with the heroic and completely unproblematic CIA and our boys in blue

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      25 days ago

      I like this idea even better. China pirates them, plays them in theatres, takes the money generated from them anyways, lol

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    25 days ago

    I’m worried I soon won’t see American media in Canada anymore…and that if I do, it’ll all be whitewashed and remove all diversity