No country can come close to the amount of money Americans spend at the box office… until China came along. The U.S. and Chinese film industries have a long history, with shifting power dynamics.

As Hollywood emerged out of the COVID pandemic into a new, more challenging status quo, one of the big shifts it had to adjust to was the end of China's love affair with big American blockbusters.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to filmmaker Violet Feng about The Dating Game, her new documentary about the challenges single men in China face as they attempt to find a romantic partner.