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True – Iranians and mainland Chinese probably enjoy Netflix content because they use a VPN (pretend they live in the U.S. and subscribe) or take their chances with pirated content. The good news is that Disney+ should be able to increase its global expansion faster because: - Netflix paved the way so now streaming services and countries have a tested and proven set of guidelines to follow. - Disney already has arguably the best and most widely known/respected name around the world. Of course, so does Apple; so it could be interesting as to how aggressive they will be with Apple TV +. In fact, Disney could be the first streaming service outside of China to serve their content to consumers there because folks enjoy going to Disney World (when it reopens) and are as hooked on Star Wars as everyone else. Disney also has very good relationships with the countries' OTT leaders such as – BAT (Baidu – iQIYI, Alibaba - Youku-Tudou and Tencent Video) too. The Mouse also has an interesting bunch of carrots they can dangle in front of China's President Xi Jingpin – a delicious roster of tentpole films they could commit to theatrical release first in the country to suck folks back into the country's 70,000 theaters, which have been closed since January. Sure, they just reopened 700ish cinemas in a rushed attempt of bravado that says, "See, everything is normal…again." But without a real plan and strong marketing, even the Chinese public (which became accustomed to the government's draconian tactics) will only do so much for President Xi. As people have noted, there are some things even Mikey won't do without the right incentives. Without the right content and a well thought out and executed marketing/communications