The Fight Against China Taking Over American Culture
Heritage Explains
Heritage Podcast Network
4.7 • 848 Ratings
🗓️ 8 November 2019
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
China continues to demand more from America in exchange for access to their markets. But they are not demanding more goods or more money, they are actively trying to censor Americans and change our perception of their communist culture. Whether it’s Hollywood, the NBA, or our school system, China’s strategy seems to be working. But some Americans are pushing back. This week, our friend Mike Gonzalez joins us to explain what’s going on and ways we can push back.
“Will China’s Censors Bring Us the Splinternet?”
https://www.heritage.org/asia/commentary/will-chinas-censors-bring-us-the-splinternet
“Chinese Censorship: Coming To A Radio Near You”
https://www.heritage.org/global-politics/commentary/chinese-censorship-coming-radio-near-you
REPORT
“China’s Public Opinion Warfare: How Our Culture Industry Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the PRC”
http://thf_media.s3.amazonaws.com/2015/pdf/BG2986.pdf
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| 0:00.0 | From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Tim Desher, and this is Heritage Explains. |
| 0:16.2 | Look, for this movie to really make money, we need to make sure it clears the Chinese censors. |
| 0:20.4 | You know, we want those Chinese viewers. |
| 0:22.5 | Oh, seriously? |
| 0:23.7 | Oh, it's okay. |
| 0:24.3 | There's plenty of other things to talk about with your story. |
| 0:26.5 | How about, what kind of things were you into when you were younger? |
| 0:29.5 | Well, I always like Winnie the Pooh. |
| 0:32.2 | Okay, no, no, no, no, no, that's definitely off limits. Winnie the Pooh is illegal in China because some Chinese students said he looked like the Chinese president. |
| 0:39.6 | Oh, come on, that's ridiculous. |
| 0:41.8 | That's a clip from a recent episode of the show South Park. |
| 0:45.5 | It proposes a scenario where the kids start a band and a record executive from Hollywood wants to capitalize on them. |
| 0:54.0 | The only problem is China. I'll just give you a |
| 0:58.7 | spoiler. It doesn't end well. I can't do it anymore, you guys. I can't even think with the Chinese |
| 1:03.6 | government censoring everything I write. So there's not going to be a biopic movie for us? |
| 1:08.9 | It's so wrong. You know, I mean, we live in a time where the only movies that us American kids go see |
| 1:13.6 | are ones that are approved by China. |
| 1:15.6 | Yeah, it's like China is the new MPAA. |
| 1:17.6 | Stinks to say goodbye to all that biopic money and glory. |
| 1:21.6 | We just gotta face it. |
| 1:22.6 | A death metal band is never gonna make real money anymore. |
| 1:25.6 | The only band that would get approved by China would be all vanilla and cheesy. |
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