The dreaded invader in the re-make of Red Dawn 3 years ago was SUPPOSED to be CHINA.
Instead they changed it after doing 1/3 of the movie to North Korea.
Go$h, I WONDER WHY.
My favorite quotes from the staff report:
"...Vice President Joe Biden stated that, as a result of the deal, the U.S. "share of box office revenues doubled."11 Still, the 2012 deal was merely an incremental step for tapping into the Chinese market and increasing film revenues.12 Piracy issues continue to inhibit sales of U.S. films in China and limit other sources of income derived from films, and China's government continues to maintain significant trade barriers for its film market. According to a 2014 report on China's WTO compliance from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, two years after the deal was finalized “concrete steps [had] not yet been taken" to further open the Chinese film market.13...
Footnotes:
11 Cecilia Kang, "How Biden Helped Hollywood Unlock China," Washington Post, May 2, 2014. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2014/05/02/how-biden-helped-hollywood-unlock-china/.
12 Reuters, "How Hollywood and Joe Biden Got China to Drop a 20-Year Movie Quota," February 19, 2012. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/20/idUS22096264620120220.
13 Office of the U.S. Trade Representative, 2014 Report to Congress on China's WTO Compliance, December 2014, 15. https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/2014-Report-to-Congress-Final.pdf.
Trump would have a field day with this.