Xi’s celebrity crackdown no match for Universal Studios in China

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The popularity of a new Universal Studios theme park in Beijing shows Hollywood’s enduring soft power among China's 1.4 billion people.

Tickets for the grand opening on Monday , priced at 638 yuan , sold out within 30 minutes of going online last week -- as did rooms costing as much as 20,000 yuan at the resort’s two hotels, according to state-run media.

A commentary published widely in state-run media last month warned against"fan culture” and"worshiping Western culture.” The popularity of the Universal Studios theme park shows resistance to the Communist Party’s tightening of cultural standards after decades of allowing Western influences, according to Adam Ni, co-editor of China Neican, a newsletter on Chinese public policy issues.

"Universal Beijing Resort is popular with the Chinese because there is part of the global culture that the Chinese thirst for,” Ni added. China’s newly appointed ambassador to the US last week compared one of the attraction’s roller coasters to bumpy diplomatic ties between Washington and Beijing.

 

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