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Okay, this one is so hard and delicate to reply to.

> every production that is not Asian under the Western label

"Western" from an Asian perspective is _generally_ and _usually_ North America and Europe only. In some context also Australia and New Zealand.

Personally, I haven't encountered an Asian using "Western" to also include Latin America and Africa, even back in the 80s and 90s. Mexican and Brazillian productions are called Mexican and Brazillian. Lately, simply as Latino or Latin American.

We can even be more specific: Western English language productions. Because if it is in French, German, Russian, despite being part of the "West", they're referred to by their primary language (regardless if a North American company produced it).

It's complicated. There is no universally accepted guideline.

Also, things change so fast, what was the commonly understood usage before is probably different today, not to mention cultural differences. But, as far as my own observation and interaction with fellow Asians we have a very similar, if not exactly the same, understanding and usage of "Western".

Please don't take offense. For most, if not everyone, it means North American and European—to be even more specific, English language—productions. Think of it this way, for centuries anything Asian was commonly referred to as "Chinese" by many, not all, Westerners (North Americans and Europeans). It's a relative/local cultural usage. Or it's like saying "10 years ago" but what the speaker actually meant was "8, 9 or 11, 12 years ago".

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