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Date of this Version

2010

Document Type

Article

Citation

January 21, 2010 in The China Beat http://www.thechinabeat.org/

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Copyright 2010. Used by permission.

Abstract

There’s been a lot of discussion of the political meanings that can be read intoAvatar and how this might relate to it being pulled from or simply ending its run in some Chinese theaters. As a political scientist with a long-term interest in the Chinese film industry, and the fate of Hollywood movies in China, and someone who is interested in the working of SARFT (the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television), here are four things worth keeping in mind when considering the situation:

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