Well, I just got the in-flight movie line up for China Southern Airlines, which is the largest airline in the People's Republic. All the movies are presented in English and Chinese. It's not so far fetched. About five years ago I hired a local guide to show me around the Forbidden Palace in Beijing. No, I didn't.
Movies are great forces for propaganda and molders of stereotypes.
We've done shows about how movies stimulated many of us to travel in the first place.