This is another example of American studios becoming more aware of the importance of China as a foreign market
A Chinese company, i.e State Government, "invested" in IM3/Marvel.
This edit was a dictate on their part. As was how the Mandarin was to be portrayed, i.e "not an Asian actor" and as said earlier "the mouthpiece" for the real brains, Guy Pearce.
Japan invested heavily in Hollywood for decades and was the number 2 market until last year. They never dictated policy like China does, and the studios just sell out.
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