"For all its hard #propaganda work,post-Mao Communist Party has struggled to win eyeballs away from commercial TV & film, whether domestic or foreign.Evn w/ power to compel country’s top directors & biggest stars to participate...wsj.com/articles/china…
..."officials had to juice box-office numbers for films about party history by requiring state-owned companies to buy tickets for their employees.
That frustrates Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who has repeatedly exhorted his propaganda officials to “tell China’s story well.”
That frustrates Chinese leader Xi Jinping, who has repeatedly exhorted his propaganda officials to “tell China’s story well.”
In a speech published last month by the party’s main theoretical journal, Mr. Xi said it was imperative to “encourage the creation of artistic content about party history, especially film and TV.”
David Bandurski:“The palatability of project. Shows like ‘Minning Town’ show how sophisticated the media environment has now become, certainly against past failures, in commercializing this party history and quite literally selling it.”
David Bandurski: “This is about reshaping the narrative about China both domestically & internationally. To President Xi, China’s story is the story of the Chinese Communist Party.”
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