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July 20, 2025 9 mins
Subscribe now for the full episode! Danny welcomes back to the show Erich Schwartzel, reporter at the Wall Street Journal, for a conversation about the film industry connection between the US and China. They start in the mid-90s as China’s economy opens up, how distribution in China of US films opened more windows of profit earning, US studios’ self-censorship, the soft power aspect of the relationship, the role of American experts in the construction of the Chinese film industry, the souring of US-China film relations in the late 2010s, and more.       Be sure to check out Erich’s book Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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