Those two share a border, how does that show global reach? I would be surprised if a country didn’t influence its neighbors in some ways.

This is precisely what i'm talking about. A country of 1.4b with a film industry that gets billions in state subsidies and they best they can do is mild popularity of a few films on their physical borders.

Censorship is the enemy of art.

They are yes but I'd say that the Korean ones are even more popular.