The Barbie movie has dominated the box office in China, in a year when many other US movies haven’t performed well in the world’s second-largest film market. It outperformed movies like Mission Impossible and the films from the Marvel franchise. It’s been eagerly received for its message, raising a question of whether it flew under the radar of the country’s media censors. So what’s behind Barbie’s success in China? 

In this episode: 
Yifan Yu (@YifanYuNews), tech reporter for Nikkei Asia 
Marrian Zhou (@ZhouMarrian), US-China relations reporter for Nikkei Asia 

Episode credits:

This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li and our host Malika Bilal. Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode.

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Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.

Special thanks to Ben Li.

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The Barbie movie has dominated the box office in China, in a year when many other US movies haven’t performed well in the world’s second-largest film market. It outperformed movies like Mission Impossible and the films from the Marvel franchise. It’s been eagerly received for its message, raising a question of whether it flew under the radar of the country’s media censors. So what’s behind Barbie’s success in China? 
In this episode: 
<ul>
<li aria-level="1">Yifan Yu (<a href="https://twitter.com/YifanYuNews">@YifanYuNews</a>), tech reporter for Nikkei Asia </li>
<li aria-level="1">Marrian Zhou (<a href="https://twitter.com/ZhouMarrian">@ZhouMarrian</a>), US-China relations reporter for Nikkei Asia </li>
</ul>
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Chloe K. Li and our host Malika Bilal. Khaled Soltan fact-checked this episode.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera AlDosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer, and Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
Special thanks to Ben Li.
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The Take is a daily interview-driven international news podcast hosted by award-winning journalist Malika Bilal. Each episode focuses on conversations with journalists and people directly impacted by the news of the day, offering our listeners the context necessary to understand what's in the headlines.
With millions of global listens, it's clear the conversations we're having on The Take are worth hearing. And critics think so too. The show has won the Online Journalism Awards, the Signal Awards, Lovie Awards, and Anthem Awards, among others.

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