Won’t the elites be surprised, if they get their way, when China finds them to be noisy and annoying and “disappears” them.
His monologue on abortion on the same show a while back was also must see. Smart guy. Insightful also on “Special Report”.
Saw it live.
I was impressed.
Not so much with wifey...
Told students in school YEARS ago that China was the biggest threat to us. They didn’t listen.
Washington Post.com
By Cecilia Kang
May 2, 2014
How Biden helped Hollywood unlock China
During a luncheon two years ago in Los Angeles, Vice President Biden convinced China’s vice president to agree to a deal that would unlock new fortunes for Hollywood. Biden asked Xi Jinping to relax China’s quota of allowing only 20 foreign films to be shown at a time and to increase distribution fees for Hollywood firms.
China had been reluctant to change its decades-old restrictions meant to control the flow of non-Chinese films into the nation that could hinder its own arts industry. But Biden pressed his Chinese counterpart during those last hours of Xi’s five-day U.S. visit.
“By the end of the luncheon, we had a handshake,” Biden said Friday at the Creativity Conference hosted by the Motion Picture Association of America, Microsoft and ABC News. As a result, “your share of box office revenues doubled,” Biden told the crowd of network executives, studio heads and technology lobbyists.
The deal added 14 films to the quota and raised distribution fees to 25 percent from 13 percent. It was a major victory for Hollywood because the bigger film quota was exponentially more valuable with the massive growth of movie attendance in China. With the agreement, the movie industry secured new global sources of revenues as its U.S. business suffered from years of stagnant or declining box office sales and new competition from the Web.
Every day, 13 to 14 movie screens open in that country, many of them capable of higher-grossing 3D or iMax films, MPAA president Chris Dodd said during the conference. Last year, China opened 5,077 new movie screens, according to Variety.
The anecdote also reveals the powerful ties Hollywood maintains with the highest ranks of Washington. Dodd and Biden served together in the Senate. Movie studios had been frustrated by the quota for years and had pressured the White House and then-U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk to convince Chinese leaders to sign a new trade deal on movies.
Biden joked there were rumors in the Senate that Dodd “controlled me,” adding that he left a meeting with Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel to speak at the MPAA event.
I have a hard time reconciling his marriage to Megan McCain......
......reduces his trustworthiness
That is absolutely correct and must see.
Well worth the watching.
His deceased father in law is turning over in his grave.
It is possible that the CCP has added Ben Domenech to its foreign enemies list and patiently waits until the opportunity to take what they deem as appropriate action presents itself.
Women’s Tennis Association has more balls than the NBA in standing up to China. WTA is on the enemies list. But will they succumb on their bedrock principles in the future, like so many other institutions have done in this country? Let’s hope not. The NBA has been bought and paid for.
Excellent 11 minute investment in time to watch. Thanks.
Mr. Meghan McCain was on the National Review “Against Trump” cover.
He’s a fraudulent conservative, just like his wife.
Gee, Ben, maybe you should have thought about that before becoming a Never Trumper....So eff you!
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