American films may be banned soon in China in the wake of American definitions, according to Chinese debts well connected.
Bloomberg first reported that Leo Hong, a great editor-in-chief of Chenthnth, the state-run-running website of the Chengua News Agency-as well as Ren Yi, the grandson of former Guangdong Party leader Ren Chungi-has published a similar set of possible measures that China may take against the United States, after Donald Trump imposed the bases of goods on Chinese capabilities 54 %.
These reprisals include reducing or prohibiting the import of American films, investigating the benefits of intellectual property of American companies operating in China, and imposing restrictions on American services with China.
These plans were published simultaneously on local social media by LIU and Ren.
China appears to be ready to become one of the main battle areas in the trade war that Trump has started, as politicians in Beijing undertake to “fight to the end” against drawings and introduce their 34 % anti -models. Trump responded by saying that he would double the current tariff to 104 % if China did not decline.
Asian stock markets have collapsed to its worst days in years after the announcement of the definitions, which affect almost every country in the world.
While the total box office of American films in China has decreased significantly from the peak of 2012 to 2019 before the epidemic, the loss of China-the second largest film market in the world-is still a huge financial step for American studios.
At the end of last week, Minecraft movie From Warner Bros. The Legendary opened in China in the first place, with ticket sales $ 14.5 million, which constitutes a little more than 10 % of the $ 144 million international box office in the movie.
In 2024, it was the largest American movie release in China Godzilla X Kong: The New EmpireAlso from Warner Bruce and the legendary, who was eventually $ 132 million at the Chinese box office.
