After years of Hollywood pandering to China, the industry could face the prospect of films being banned in the country as a side effect of China’s tariff war with President Donald Trump.
China said unofficially it is considering “reducing or banning the import of U.S. films” as it looks for responses to Trump’s tariffs on Chinese products, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The possibility of a ban was raised by Liu Hong, a senior editor at the state-backed Xinhua News Agency, and Ren Yi, the influential grandson of Ren Zhongyi, former Communist Party chief of the Guangdong Province.
Variety noted that in 2024, China’s box office receipts totaled $5.8 billion, which the outlet termed “dull,” but said projections for this year were that Chinese movie-goers
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