Epstein Secrets

n company, in 2016 and is said to be inter- ested in gaining control of a major Hollywood studio. American lawmakers were sufficiently disturbed by Wanda's initiatives to request a Justice Department in- vestigation. There is concern that China's companies, with state encouragement, are pursuing influ

h its rapid incursions into the U.S. film industry. Already the world's largest owner of cinemas, including the second-largest U.S. theater chain, Wanda purchased Legendary Entertainment, a production company, in 2016 and is said to be inter- ested in gaining control of a major Hollywood studio. Ame

release, September 22 2016, https://oen.org/press-release/2016/09/22/new-pen-america.report-shows-growing.pressure-for- pign.rnrrnsonnoinnt.khia 28. Sarah Cook, The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How the Communist Porty's Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets around the World (Washington: Center for In

e company whose principals are US citizens, was the source of the money that funded a local ballot initiative in California that would have blocked a Wanda competitor from expanding. Wanda acknowledged that the money for the measure had come from Lakeshore, with which Wanda does business, in the form of

accounting for $2 million, followed by technology company ZTE ($510k), Sinopec ($384k),?> and the Wanda America Group ($300k), affiliated with Dalian Wanda.” More difficult to track is Chinese corporate participation in American trade associations. In early 2018, two Chinese companies have joined two maj

an democratic societies craft responses that safeguard the integrity of their institutions while staying true to liberal democratic values. NOTES 1 Sarah Cook, “The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How the Communist Party’s Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets Around the World,” Center for International

with its rapid incursions into the U.S. film industry. Already the world’s largest owner of cinemas, including the second-largest U.S. theater chain, Wanda purchased Legendary Entertainment, a production company, in 2016 and is said to be inter- ested in gaining control of a major Hollywood studio. Ameri

lease, September 22, 2016, https://pen.org/press-release/2016/09/22/new-pen-america-report-shows-growing-pressure-for- eign-correspondents-bias. 28. Sarah Cook, The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How the Communist Partys Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets around the World (Washington: Center for Inte