Summary of Erich Schwartzel's Red Carpet

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The Chinese government had plans to build a Disney park, and they would start by broadcasting the Disney Channel on local airwaves. Families would become attached to the characters, and then the company would build a park. #2 In 1996, Murphy received a phone call from the Chinese embassy in Washington. They had heard about a film being shot in Morocco about the Dalai Lama, and they were not happy. The making of this movie endangered Disney’s entire future in China. #3 In the spring of 1997, a politically sensitive movie called Seven Years in Tibet was shown to some Chinese officials, and they became so offended that they might expel all Sony business from the country. #4 The Dalai Lama was so popular in Hollywood that there were two movies about him under way by 1997. The history that both films explored was nearly fifty years old, but it was fresh in the minds of Chinese officials.