A new HBO movie will be coming out that focuses on the effort by the communist country’s leadership try to down play the effects of the virus on the Chinese people to the outside world…
It would appear that China did no better than America and other countries in dealing with the initial virus outbreaks….
(China has 4 times as many people as America)
HBO will be taking a large risk with showing this from a most likely Chinese government backlash that could most certainly hurt any of their entertainment business there…
That’s the narrative constructed by “In The Same Breath,” a scathing new documentary by the Oscar-shortlisted filmmaker Nanfu Wang. Wang’s movie, which has been viewed by The Washington Post, argues that the alleged suppression led to an untold number of deaths and the virus spreading rapidly, as unaware people kept taking risks.
In a surprising turn, the movie has been financed and creatively overseen by HBO. It will be aired by the Warner Media subsidiary on an as-yet undetermined date later this year, an uncommon decision by a media conglomerate to take on the government of the world’s largest entertainment market….
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The documentary will premiere at the virtual Sundance Film Festival Thursday, where it is expected to stir up much attention as a damning indictment of the leadership of Chinese president Xi Jinping in the early days of the pandemic.
“We think of the virus as ‘it was an inevitable disaster and the government responded the best way they could,’” Wang, who was born 200 miles outside Wuhan and currently resides in New York City, said in an interview. “And that’s not the reality. No one can make the calculation of how many lives could have been saved if precautions and warnings were given on time.”….
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Studios are often reluctant to produce material condemning China. Some executives even go out of their way to include positive Chinese story lines in their products, fearful of being locked out of a market that pours billions into their coffers….
From January-May of 2020 China needs to be held responsible for their deception and cover up…June-Now, we continue to fuck it up…
I’d say New York file a Class action lawsuit agains China in the tune of 1 trillion dollars, win in federal court, China will never pay, then we cancel the debt they owe the US, that would hurt…weaponize the debt…won’t happen but fun to scenario things at times…