Are Filmmakers Finally Standing Up to Chinese Censorship?

Major film studios have never been shy about pandering to the Chinese market.”1 Film critic Ho Siu Bun was referring to Top Gun: Maverick (2022) and the fact that the studio decided not to fold under pressure from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). They properly regard censorship as a violation of that right and as the hallmark of an authoritarian regime. The CCP perpetrates some of the worst censorship in the modern world. Chinese censors demanded that Tarantino remove violent scenes from Once Upon a Time . Thankfully websites such as ScreenRant and Hollywood Reporter report on censorship and pandering—enabling those who care about freedom of speech to avoid movies and studios that fold to the Chinese Communist Party’s demands.