Chris Fenton is an expert on China’s influence over Hollywood and how the Chinese government pressures American movie studios into creating soft power propaganda. He is the author of Feeding the Dragon: Inside the Trillion-Dollar Dilemma Facing Hollywood, the NBA, and American Business. Subscribe to the podcast: http://jordanharbinger.com/subscribe Full show notes can be found here: https://jordanharbinger.com/780 What We Discuss with Chris: 0:00 - Front row at Duran Duran 3:22 - The CCP's approval system 8:37 - The CCP in Iron Man 3 25:24 - Top Gun's Taiwanese flag 34:31 - How the CCP punishes studios 45:28 - Where is Peng Shuai 50:31 - Django Unchained was stomped out in China 1:00:51 - China is always watching the studios 1:09:23 - "Feeding the Dragon" As we’ve explored on this show many times, the Chinese Communist Party that runs China has a very specific way of doing things, and when entering into any agreement with the CCP, it’s important to understand that concessions will likely need to be made to align with its way of doing things. Cross these expectations and you can expect the retribution to be swift and everlasting, as today’s guest, Chris Fenton, author of Feeding the Dragon: Inside the Trillion-Dollar Dilemma Facing Hollywood, the NBA, and American Business, has discovered. On this episode, Chris joins us to discuss how Hollywood often kowtows to the will of the CCP in order to gain access to the box office receipts of 1.4 billion people (and his own regrettable role in greenlighting concessions as the former head of DMG Entertainment’s motion picture group), the sorts of things that get red-flagged by the CCP’s eagle-eyed censors, instances when careers and partnerships have been ruined for not complying with CCP demands, and how Hollywood can push back against the CCP’s draconian political plays. Listen, learn, and enjoy! Get the BEST highlights from each episode on our clips channel! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-cxPJ7QxPE8M7EYe5Vv7ag Want to watch more in-depth interviews with some of the world’s most amazing and successful people? Find full episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNbAQB8BYtM&list=PLxuPu-uyanrrBgAl5-76enemxVsxFjnEQ&index=1 Welcome to The Jordan Harbinger Show, a video podcast where each week you get to join a conversation with some of the world’s highest performers and incredible personalities. I’ll ask them the tough questions to tease out their top tips so that you can reach levels of personal growth and mastery that you never imagined possible. Learn more about Jordan: http://jordanharbinger.com/about #podcast #jhs #china