Chinese Movie Stars Are Seeing Salaries Triple Thanks To China’s Hollywood Ambitions

LOS ANGELES — Many Americans haven’t got a raise in years, but that’s not a problem for some of the biggest actors in China.

The domestic box office is not only surging there, promising to become the world’s biggest as soon as next year, but Chinese studios are also aggressively looking to prepare films for export. That’s made China’s brightest stars — especially those with English skills — hot commodities.