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China surpassed North America to become the world s largest movie market in 2020. Formerly the focus of exotic fascination in the golden age of Hollywood, today the Chinese are a make-or-break audience for Hollywoods biggest blockbusters. And movies are now an essential part of Chinas global soft power strategy: a Chinese real estate tycoon, who until recently was the major shareholder of the AMC theater chain, built the worlds largest film production facility. Behind the curtains, as this brilliant new book reveals, movies have become one of the biggest areas of competition between the worlds two remaining superpowers.