Predicting volatility between China and Hollywood: Using network management to understand Sino

Sino-US film collaboration processes reveal the fraught power dynamic between the Chinese and American film industries. Through several key Chinese film policy deal structures, China’s centralization of film regulation policy facilitates China’s ongoing efforts to become the most powerful film industry in the world. The absence of a centralized US government media policy, driven by long-term industry lobbying, has thus far blunted US efforts to challenge Chinese centralized film policy. Tracing the power dynamics behind Sino-US deal structures allows us to predict long-term vectors of volatility in Hollywood’s relationship with China. Using network management strategies to analyse the Sino-US film relationship offers a template for predicting relationships between global media markets and a risen China