China is already a huge factor in film - remember that awful Red Dawn remake where the North Koreans were inexplicably invading the West Coast?  The original script had the antagonists being the ChiComs, which makes more sense (at least as much as the original did...).  The studio decided that wouldn&#x27;t play in Peking[1], and those sweet, sweet international box office dollars won out.<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Will_it_play_in_Peoria%3F" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Will_it_play_in_Peoria%3F</a>