Commentary
Over recent weeks, China’s Communist Party propaganda organs have been touting the massive success of NBCUniversal’s brand-new Beijing theme park. But why? As Xi Jinping continues to turn away from China’s forty-plus year policy of engaging and opening itself with democracies around the world, Hollywood’s esteemed intellectual property is now viewed harshly as propaganda from the West. Xi and his loyal Standing Committee have consistently unwelcomed America’s cultural hallmarks, particularly during China’s aggressive “looking inwards” campaign of recent years.
