Los Angeles Times (May 13)
“Streaming giant Netflix is touting the economic results of its film and television show productions,” emphasizing its “programming has created more than 425,000 total jobs and contributed more than $325 billion to the global economy…. The company cited its filming work in more than 4,500 cities and towns around the world.”
Tags: $325 billion, 425k jobs, Cities, Economic results, Film, Global economy, Netflix, Productions, Programming, Streaming, Television, Touting, Towns
Washington Post (September 7)
“Mr. Xi’s two predecessors allowed China’s people more personal freedom and provided a rising living standard,” but he “is reversing that by putting more of an ideological stamp on society.” Aside from widely publicized new limits on video games and screen time, on September 2, the television regulator “banned effeminate men on the screen” out of “official concern that Chinese pop stars, imitating the sleek look of some South Korean and Japanese singers and actors, were failing to encourage China’s young men to be masculine enough.” Mr. Xi may know best “about everything, on behalf of everyone. But the more power concentrates in one man, the more brittle the system may become.”
Tags: Brittle, China, Effeminate, Freedom, Ideological, Japan, Masculine, Pop stars, Power, South Korea, Television, Video games, Xi
