Yang, Y (2016) Film Policy, the Chinese Government and Soft Power. New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film, 14 (1). pp. 71-91. ISSN 1474-2756
Abstract
This article examines how the Chinese ruling party understands the role of film and how film policy has been used to promote China’s soft power. It first explores shifts in policy over a period of 60 years in order to identify the government’s overall approach to the film industry. Then it investigates ‘Zou Chu Qu’, the so-called ‘Going-Out Policy’, specifically aimed at promoting soft power. This article argues that, although the role of the film industry has been adjusted in response to developments in Chinese society, the principal function of film as a tool of propaganda, along with the broader censorship system, has not fundamentally changed. Such policy arrangements have resulted in a tension between the ‘attraction’ of soft power and the state’s attraction to censorship. Consequently, there currently seems little room for Chinese films to contribute to China’s soft power in any meaningful way.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2016 Intellect Ltd. This is an author produced version of a paper published in New Cinemas: Journal of Contemporary Film. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Chinese film; Chinese government; censorship; cultural industry; film policy; soft power |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Cultures (Leeds) > School of Media & Communication (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2017 09:56 |
Last Modified: | 17 Jul 2018 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Intellect |
Identification Number: | 10.1386/ncin.14.1.71_1 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:115281 |