🎭 95% of new Chinese dramas are AI-made
China produced 128,000 short dramas in Q1 2026 alone. 95% were AI-generated, per the Financial Times. Actors are now forced to sell their voice and likeness to AI tools before getting cut loose entirely. This isn't disruption, it's replacement happening in real time, not in some distant future.
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