Once upon a time, American films didn’t get much traction in communist China. But the blockbuster hit “Titanic” changed everything in 1997. Since then, Hollywood’s fortunes in the Chinese market have been tied to fluctuations in the US-China political relationship. Host Marco Werman gets the history and current status of Hollywood in China from Jane Perlez, host of the podcast “Face-Off: the US vs. China.”
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