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4 WAYS TO BEAT THE CHINESE CENSORS

BEATING THE CHINESE CENSORS - 4 STEPS This Saturday is the 20^th anniversary of the British handover of Hong Kong to China. I was there. There was a bit of rain and a lot of hoopla. 500 Mainland troops (the PLA) marched across the border before midnight. Actually, they came across at 9PM - three hours earlier than (the public) expected.

30 June, 2017 / 0 Comments

WHERE TO FIND CHINESE-AMERICANS TO ADD TO YOUR CO-PRO

How to find Chinese-Americans who are bicultural to make your co-production a success.

23 June, 2017 / 0 Comments

3 WAYS FOR HOLLYWOOD AND CHINA TO COMBINE THEIR STRENGTHS

How do American and Chinese film executives pool their respective strengths? First – what are these strengths?

18 June, 2017 / 0 Comments

THE SECRET FORMULA TO A SUCCESSFUL CO-PRO

THE 6 INGREDIENTS TO A SUCCESSFUL CO-PRO

Considering how much Chinese money poured into Hollywood lately - successful Chinese co-productions are paradoxically a rare thing. How do you crack the code of what will sell in China? And can those films also be a hit in the West? Is there a secret formula?

09 June, 2017 / 0 Comments

MY JOURNEY TO THE MIDDLE KINGDOM

There was no blog or podcast on how to create content for both Hollywood and China when I started out. Even today – making a successful co-production is still a mystery. Articles are written daily on China’s global film ambitions and Hollywood’s need for the...

01 June, 2017 / 0 Comments