The criteria of the censors seems to be quite arbitrary, but you can always guess what the reasons are. Shang Chi would have been left out due to the alleged anti-China connotations of its plot (through a Chinese protagonist who has strayed from his roots to live in the US) and due to the criticism of Simu Liu to the regime: something similar happened with Chloe Zhao with Eternals adding, in this case, LGTBIQ+ characters. Sexuality was also central in Doctor Strange in the multiverse of madness, in relation to the mothers of América Chaves (Xochitl Gomez), as well as in Thor: Love and Thunderand finally Spider-Man: No Way Home it would have been ruled out by the presence of the Statue of Liberty, with its strongly American values.
In Black Panther: Wakanda Forever shows a relationship between Aneka (Michaela Coell) and Ayo (Florence Kasumba), which would have irritated the Beijing government.
Speaking of Warner, I couldn’t release it either. Black Adam in China, his last superhero movie scheduled for 2022. Something, as in the case of Wakanda Forever (whose previous delivery generated US$105 million in China), very painful for its finances. Beyond the policy that Beijing handles on superheroes, historically the films starring Dwayne Johnson have performed well in this market. Black Adam would have benefited from having this market, since since it was released it has grossed US$321 million globally, but at a cost of US$200 million.
China has not issued an official denial to Black Adam, but the film has already been in theaters for some time, and Beijing usually makes its decisions on importing foreign films public four to eight weeks in advance. Warner, therefore, “has stopped waiting” for permission to arrive from China, and as for the reasons for this refusal, one can think of Pierce Brosnan as a cast member. In Black Adam plays Doctor Fate, a member of the Justice Society of America, and it seems that Brosnan would now be as non grata in China as Zhao or Liu: all because a couple of years ago he published an old photo where he appeared posing with him. Dalai Lama. Figure that, for Beijing, is that of a dangerous separatist.
Source: Ambito
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