It’s not just Stallone. In the next decade or so China is going to overtake the U.S. as the largest movie market in the world. They’re just getting ahead of the curve. That and there is a lot of Chinese money pumping capital into these big productions companies in Hollywood.
All these huge tent pole pictures have some element to sell to Asian audiences. Star Wars, Transformers, Fast and Furious, Mission Impossible... they all either had Asian characters or locations.