How often does China influence Hollywood market by allowing or rejecting a film?

Question

Can china convince Hollywood to change blockbuster movie scripts by allowing or not allowing movies into the Chinese market?If they can, how regularly/consciously do they use this power?

Answer 1

That's a big YES. For example, in Doctor Strange, the mentor character is supposed to be an old Tibetan man. They replaced him with Tilda Swinton (great actress, just not an old Asian man) because China did not like the idea of a Tibetan character as a role model.