What This Producer Learned About China's Real Intentions

A Hollywood producer who spent years courting China to support American film studios is now speaking out against Tinseltown's attempts to work with the communist nation. Christopher Fenton, producer of the new film, "Bad Counselors," told CBN News Hollywood is always trying to find new businesses and new sources of capital to help make expensive films and projects possible. "Then, on top of it, on the output side of things ... once you actually get it into theaters, are there markets there that we haven't explored?" he said, detailing the questions executives are often faced with. "Are there potential ways to generate new revenue?" Decades ago, he said the US approach to China started to shift, with America opening up more relations with the nation. While America initially had a "frozen relationship" with China, an idea took root: that the more products and services the US could get into the nation, the "more we would spread the aspirational quality of democracy inside of a communist country." In addition to growing the US economy, Fenton said there was a higher mission and purpose in engaging China and opening up the market. "What we found over time ... is that aspirational quality of democracy inside a communist country plan hasn't really worked out all that well," he said. Fenton said jobs were generated and GDP growth came, but that it was only a "sugar high" that didn't last. Overall, he said Hollywood's market share in China has been lost. The initial plans simply didn't pan out the way he and others wanted. "The initial thought was the more products and services we could get in that country, the better, no matter what it took to get them in," he said. "So it was like an ends-justify-the-means plan." While 99% of people seeking to engage China in this way were looking to help the US, he said the other "1% was very willing to sell out the soul of America to make a buck." Regardless of the mission, there was an unintended consequence of the relationship between China and the US — and it involved bias and a quest for the communist party to push its ideologies on the masses. "For the most part, we were under this other higher mission," he said. "And part of that for Beijing and the entertainment content space was to placate them and their directives in terms of messaging and narrative, the way they wanted their system of government presented to their own people to essentially make that 1.3 billion people just happy enough that they don't revolt and have another Tiananmen Square incident like June 4, 1989." Give to CBN: https://go.cbn.com/un2xC Want more news from a Christian Perspective? Choose to support CBN: https://go.cbn.com/ugWBn CBN News. Because Truth Matters™ Download the free CBN News App: http://cbnnews.com/app SUBSCRIBE to the CBN News Channel for more: http://youtube.com/c/CBNnewsonline/?sub_confirmation=1 SUBSCRIBE to the QuickStart Newsletter by visiting quickstart.news SUBSCRIBE to the Quickstart Podcast. New episodes every morning at 7am: cbn.com/cbnnews/quickstart What's coming up next? Have a look at our program guide: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cbn.com%2Fcbnnews%2Fnewschann&redir_token=3Xja-7LE5ZQebEu1fn-B5ib34tN8MTU3OTg4MjMzMkAxNTc5Nzk1OTMy&v=P0mHVeNNfDw&event=video_description CBN features 24-hour TV news from a Christian perspective. The CBN News Channel provides independent news programming to an underserved audience to enlighten, entertain and inspire Christians around the world. Comments below do not necessarily reflect the views of CBN. Share this live feed with your friends and family: https://www.youtube.com/c/CBNnewsonline Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cbnnews/ Like us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CBNNews Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbnnews/ Contact News Editors: https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cbn.com%2Fcontact%2Fcontact-&redir_token=3Xja-7LE5ZQebEu1fn-B5ib34tN8MTU3OTg4MjMzMkAxNTc5Nzk1OTMy&v=P0mHVeNNfDw&event=video_description Questions about other CBN programs: Visit WatchCBNNews.com or call (888) 700-7000. Questions about supporting CBN News? Visit JoinCBNNews.com or call (888) 700-7000 for more information. Questions about Helping the Home Front? Call: 800-700-7000 https://www.youtube.com/redirect?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww1.cbn.com%2F700club%2Fhelping-&redir_token=3Xja-7LE5ZQebEu1fn-B5ib34tN8MTU3OTg4MjMzMkAxNTc5Nzk1OTMy&v=P0mHVeNNfDw&event=video_description #breakingnews #politicalnews #christiannews #christian #christianity #church #breakingnews #cbnnews