China extends its soft-power by forcing Hollywood to fall in line(Photo Credit – Getty Images)

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With John Cena, a wrestler turned actor apologising to the Chinese for calling Taiwan a country, the world has been reminded of the influence that China exerts on our pop culture, The Guardian recently reported.

This is hardly a recent phenomenon. The influence manifests itself in social, political and racial motives. A report by CNN has stated that the Tencent-backed sequel of the 1989 cult-classic ‘Top Gun’ has removed Taiwan’s flag from Tom Cruise’s jacket.

Elsewhere, Tibetan origins of a character has been entirely scrubbed by Marvel Entertainment largely because of the fear of offending the Chinese Communist Party from China according to a report by The New York Times.

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