NEWS: China TV Cuts off Hollywood Productions and Broadcasts Anti-US War Films1 min read
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The movie channel of China’s state broadcaster China Central Television has reportedly pulled from its schedules not only all Hollywood productions but also domestic films with scenes shot in the US.
Observers see the move as CCTV falling in line with other state media after Beijing’s ties with Washington soured further after the latest impasse in bilateral trade talks and Donald Trump’s embargo order targeting Huawei.
In another development, the movie channel CCTV-6 is now filling prime evening slots with decades-old war-themed films. These include movies about the 1950-53 Korean War, during which Mao Zedong’s Red Army, under the name of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army, fought shoulder to shoulder with their North Korean comrades-in-arms to thwart the advance of the US forces from the South.
One of the films being aired is Battle of Shangganling Mountain, a 1956 production depicting the Battle of Triangle Hill near what is today the Military Demarcation Line, which historians recall as being especially hard-fought.
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