What’s behind the Barbie mania in China?
The Take
English - August 14, 2023 04:00 - 19 minutes - 18.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 360 ratingsNews Society & Culture aj+ world journalism reporters al jazeera global news news podcasts international news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
The Barbie movie has dominated the box office in China, in a year when many other US movies haven’t performed well in the world’s second-largest film market. It outperformed movies like Mission Impossible and the films from the Marvel franchise. It’s been eagerly received for its message, raising a question of whether it flew under the radar of the country’s media censors. So what’s behind Barbie’s success in China?
In this episode:
Yifan Yu (@YifanYuNews), tech reporter for Nikkei Asia Marrian Zhou (@ZhouMarrian), US-China relations reporter for Nikkei AsiaEpisode credits:
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