China Doesn’t Believe in ‘Art for Art’s Sake’ – Hollywood Should Be on Guard

The Wrap Pro | Rep. Mike Gallagher

Every aspect of Chinese society is weaponized by the Communist Party for control – including the movies, U.S. Rep. Mike Gallagher says.

Class struggle. Revolution. Propaganda. Censorship. The Chinese Communist Party has harnessed art to enforce ideological conformity from the very beginning. Today is no different. Controlling art and storytelling — including the use of market power to shape Hollywood’s narratives — remains central to the Party’s multibillion-dollar global propaganda effort, and the creative industry needs to be wary of playing into its hands.

I recently led a congressional delegation from the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party out to California to get outside the D.C. bubble and hear from entertainment executives on the good, the bad and the ugly of their dealings with China. 

Read the full op-ed HERE.