I live and work in China, and “Pandering” does not describe it. The Chinese release of Transformers 4 and Iron Man 3 had elements specifically pandering to the Chinese audience. In fact, in Iron Man 3 he went to China to have his heart operation. The general response was “Why would you come to a country where the doctors can be bribed and patients smoke outside the operating theatre to have such a critical operation?”. But for every person who saw the movie and saw the foolishness, there were likely a hundred more who saw it as confirmation of the greatness of and the inevitable rise of China.
But, yes, this looks great and I am looking forward to dropping by!
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