<story><title>Chinese Cash Is Suddenly Toxic in Silicon Valley, Following U.S. Pressure</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-cash-is-suddenly-toxic-in-silicon-valley-following-u-s-pressure-campaign-11560263302</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>fmajid</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d be more concerned about Chinese financing of Hollywood. Nearly every big-budget production these days has Chinese co-producers. This leads to farcical episodes like the remake of Red Dawn featuring feeble North Korea as the villain rather than China as originally envisioned.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>unnamedprophet</author><text>This is no different than what Hollywood already does.  E.g. demonizing conservative values as antithetical to a stable government (abortion, gay and lesbian rights, income discrepancy). I recall Hillary Clinton being interviewed by Terry Gross, where she was essentially charged with bigotry in  reversing positions on gay marriage. Public sentiment changes in one way as a result of social and media influences, and it&amp;#x27;s not all in the direction of truth, justice and the American way. It&amp;#x27;s whomever is pulling the puppet strings (read: funding their personal agendas).&lt;p&gt;All film and media is propagandistic in some way.  Just because you swing the needle in a different direction doesn&amp;#x27;t change that fact.</text></comment>
<story><title>Chinese Cash Is Suddenly Toxic in Silicon Valley, Following U.S. Pressure</title><url>https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-cash-is-suddenly-toxic-in-silicon-valley-following-u-s-pressure-campaign-11560263302</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>fmajid</author><text>I&amp;#x27;d be more concerned about Chinese financing of Hollywood. Nearly every big-budget production these days has Chinese co-producers. This leads to farcical episodes like the remake of Red Dawn featuring feeble North Korea as the villain rather than China as originally envisioned.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>learc83</author><text>Russia was the villain in the original movie and China was on the US side (but were only briefly mentioned). Or do you mean &amp;quot;as originally envisioned for the remake&amp;quot;?</text></comment>