The Relationship Between China and Hollywood

A man wearing a face mask walks past a poster for the Disney movie "Mulan" at a movie theater in Beijing, on Sept. 11, 2020. The remake of “Mulan” struck all the right chords to be a hit in the key Ch

Amid the contentious release of the live-action “Mulan” and reports that Hollywood has been casting lighter-skinned actors since 2012 to please Chinese audiences, more is being learned about how Chinese markets have influenced Hollywood over the past decade. We talk to PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel about the recent PEN report, “Made in Hollywood, Censored by Beijing,” which examines the ways in which Beijing’s censors have affected and influenced Hollywood and the global filmmaking industry.