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Target Hollywood! Examining Japan’s Film Import Ban in the 1930s
In the 1930s Hollywood enjoyed a popular following in the Japanese film market, accounting for almost 90 per cent of imported sound films. Against a...
How Chinese Filmmakers Effectively Respond to Chinese Government Policy for Enhancing Their Competitiveness
In spite of the substantial liberalization of China’s film industry, it is still highly regulated and protected from foreign competition through a...
State Intervention Does Not Support the Development of the Media Sector: Lessons from Korea and Japan
Contemporary media production in East Asia has been booming in recent decades, reaching consumers of various nationalities to an extent unseen...
Inbound and Outbound Globalisations in the International Film Industry
Since culture has been considered as a pillar of national identity, prevailing ideas for cultural industries and policies are closely linked to...
Overcoming the Incoherent ‘Grand Maneuver’ in the French Film and TV Markets: Lessons from the Experiences in France and Korea
In 1989, the Member States of the European Union integrated their TV markets together in order to create a larger and more open ‘single TV...
Europe’s Quest for Technology Sovereignty: Opportunities and Pitfalls
Covid-19 and its broader implications have highlighted the importance of Europe’s digital transformation to ensure Europeans’ social and economic...
Innovation and Less Harmful Alternatives to Tobacco: The Case of Nicotine Pouches Regulation
By Christofer Fjellner, a former Member of the European Parliament For some years now, tobacco-free nicotine pouches – a tobacco-free version of...
Rethinking Copyrights: The Impact of Copying on Cultural Creativity and Diversity
There have been a number of voices calling for the implementation of a tighter copyrights regime in this era of digitization that will help deter the...
Why might Libra be “Dead in the Womb”?
The day after the news of Libra came out, it is said that Ma Huateng said on WeChat: "Libra has no technical problems, the main problem is about...
The Role of Trade Policy in Promoting Sustainable Agriculture
There is now a long history of countries improving sustainability standards in most parts of the economy while at the same time pursuing the...