Opinion | China's iron grip on Hollywood began in 1998 with a Martin Scorsese movie and a groveling apology from Disney. By anthonyLfisher
Kissinger was tasked with working behind the scenes to assure the Chinese government that Disney wouldn't promote"Kundun" and it would"die a quiet death."
Eisner, in October 1998, dropped all his earlier pretenses of defending artistic expression when he went to China and groveled before Zhu Rongji, the Chinese premier.Eisner reportedly said Kissinger's corporate-dictatorship diplomacy, combined with Eisner's pathetic mea culpa, seemed to do the trick. After spending 1998 in the CCP's doghouse, Disney's animated film"Mulan" was allowed to beAnd though Eisner retired from Disney in 2005,"Kundun" remains effectively buried. You can buy a DVD or Blu-ray of the film on Amazon, but you can't stream it on Disney+.
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