Erich Schwartzel is a veteran film industry reporter who might have just written the most important book of the year (He’s a friend, but hey, the book is getting carpet-erich-schwartzel.html">rave reviews). If you’re curious about the inside story of Hollywood getting coopted by China, by all means order “Red Carpet: Hollywood, China, and the Global Battle for Cultural Supremacy.” In this episode we discuss, among many other things:

* China’s longterm thinking vs. our corporations’ short term thinking

* What surprising kinds of content China’s government bans in films (Such as Jamie Foxx’s penis)

* Does Erich respect the CCP? What are their strengths?

* Why the NBA is different from Hollywood

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