Online Class Notes (Tibo)

we discussed the movie market and censorship

We are one of the few countries in which cinemas reopened.

The producers have been starting to twist the plot to try to adjust the theme in China. This has been making politicians very unhappy.

at the beginning when china is not really profitable -> when it was not

they do a version specifically for china.
they will produce the movie at the beginning to fit Chinese audience

It is gonna be top market this year
But before the covid epidemic it was still behind the US

they want to remain the flexibility in terms of how to define what can be released
If you do the rating you have clear guidelines and this is not something they want to see

I know some friends working in Tencent and he told me how challenging it is to release a game with religions. It is easy to ignore tradition.
you don’t want to lose your American audience.

More than 80% is generated in greater china but one the news was saying that HSBC in collaboration with the US government has been giving out a lot of sensitive information about Huawei’s CEO.
They are spending efforts and energy maintaining the relationship with the government.

It has been creating angriness in his own country the UK.

10 years ago US was the bigger market for apple but now China has been getting bigger and bigger
If they don’t want to make money that is ok but if they want to

We are one of the few countries in which cinemas have reopened.

The producers have been starting to twist the plot to try to adjust the theme in China. / they have been trying to appeal to the Chinese audience This has been making politicians very unhappy.

at the beginning when China is not really profitable -> when it was not

they do a version specifically for china. -> they did / they would release a Chinese version different from the global version
they will produce the movie at the beginning to fit Chinese audience / they will include China from the get go / they will plan for China from the beginning 

It is gonna be the top market this year
But before the covid epidemic it was still behind the US

they want to remain some flexibility in terms of how to define what can be released / they want to decide at their discretion  / they want to retain the power to decide
If you implement a rating system and have clear guidelines you are giving clear guidelines.

I know some friends working in Tencent and one told me how challenging it is to release a game with religions. It is easy to ignore traditions.
you don’t want to lose your American audience.

More than 80% is generated in greater china but one the news was saying that HSBC is collaborating with the US government / gave in to the demands of the US government and has been giving out a lot of sensitive information about Huawei’s CEO.
They are spending efforts and energy maintaining the relationship with the government.

It has been creating/generating anger in his own country the UK. / he
10 years ago US was the bigger market for apple but now China has been getting bigger and bigger / he was blamed for selling himself to the Chinese government / he antagonized the government.
If they don’t want to make money that is ok but if they want to they have to comply

Vocabulary

to antagonize  (v): cause one to become hostile
They obeyed the US government but antagonized the Chinese government by doing so.