LOS ANGELES—The U.S. film industry has cooperated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to gain access to the world’s second-largest economy, while enabling the CCP to shape the perception of the despotic regime through movies, industry insiders say.
It’s an intentional strategy to win the battle of public perception through arts and entertainment, a tactic that dates back to the regime’s first leader, Mao Zedong.
