Strangers & Stakeholders: Taming Hollywood in China since 1994

Abstract

This paper examines the regulation of Hollywood movies in 1990s China. Through exploring primary materials including comparison of the original and censored version of film text, interviews, and Chinese and English newspaper reports, the regulation of Hollywood films in the 1990s is shaped by an ambivalent attitude towards Hollywood shaped by the domestic political and economic environment as well as the Sino-American diplomatic relationship.