Hollywood Continues to Cave to Chinese Censorship, Jeopardizing Free Speech, Report Finds

Hollywood Continues to Cave to Chinese Censorship, Jeopardizing Free Speech, Report Finds
A firefighting helicopter flies near the Hollywood sign as the Barham fire burns nearby in Los Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 09, 2019. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Cathy He
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Hollywood has increasingly capitulated to the Chinese regime’s pressure to censor its films, threatening freedom of speech, according to a new report by rights group PEN America.

The report, based partly on interviews with industry insiders, said that Beijing has used the allure of China’s massive film market to get Hollywood studios to censor or alter movies—either through direct censorship requests or increasingly through voluntary self-censorship.
Cathy He
Cathy He
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Cathy He is the politics editor at the Washington D.C. bureau. She was previously an editor for U.S.-China and a reporter covering U.S.-China relations.
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