Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "捍衛戰士：獨行俠" in Chinese language version.
Cruise's character Maverick hasn't changed much but his beloved bomber jacket apparently has and it's stirring up some controversy. Two of the patches on the jacket originally had the japanese and Taiwanese flags...but they appear to have been replaced with two ambiguous symbols. Now one eagle eyed fan spotted the difference on Twitter; it's been widely speculated that the Chinese government and Chinese tech giant Tencent which is affiliated with Paramount Pictures had a say in those changes. (0:31-1:04)
...in one scene Cruise's character dons that classic leather bomber but there was a notable difference. Gone are the patches that once covered the jacket's back: the Taiwanese and Japanese flags are absent. These are nations of course that are enemies of China. They've been replaced with similar colors, but not the original flags. Now some are saying this could be due to Top Gun's financier. Turns out Tencent Pictures, a division of the Chinese internet giant, is underwriting the film and they own part of the production company Skydance that's creating the film with paramount...this is nothing new. The China film administration routinely censors films and as the second biggest film market in the world Hollywood's bent over backwards to comply. (00:38-1:30)
Cruise's character Maverick hasn't changed much but his beloved bomber jacket apparently has and it's stirring up some controversy. Two of the patches on the jacket originally had the japanese and Taiwanese flags...but they appear to have been replaced with two ambiguous symbols. Now one eagle eyed fan spotted the difference on Twitter; it's been widely speculated that the Chinese government and Chinese tech giant Tencent which is affiliated with Paramount Pictures had a say in those changes. (0:31-1:04)
...in one scene Cruise's character dons that classic leather bomber but there was a notable difference. Gone are the patches that once covered the jacket's back: the Taiwanese and Japanese flags are absent. These are nations of course that are enemies of China. They've been replaced with similar colors, but not the original flags. Now some are saying this could be due to Top Gun's financier. Turns out Tencent Pictures, a division of the Chinese internet giant, is underwriting the film and they own part of the production company Skydance that's creating the film with paramount...this is nothing new. The China film administration routinely censors films and as the second biggest film market in the world Hollywood's bent over backwards to comply. (00:38-1:30)
