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How China Competes With U.S. For Box Office Share

As U.S. summer box office revenues continue yearly declines, China has increasingly emulated U.S. models of producing blockbuster releases. Hollywood, concerned about Chinese competition, looks to audit what it believes to be the country’s questionable methods of tallying ticket receipts. WBEZ Film Contributor, Milos Stehlik of Facets, joins us to talk about these trends and obstacles specific to the Chinese market with Patrick Frater, Asia editor for Variety.

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