How does a content provider break into China? Partnering with a Chinese internet titan increasingly looks like the only possible route in and a safe bet given tightening Chinese media regulations – but such a move is a gamble nonetheless. Disney found this out the hard way when its DisneyLife streaming service was booted out of China last year after just five months, when it partnered with e-commerce company Alibaba in 2015, and the US studio has been working on reaffirming its status in the country ever since – even going so far as to build a mega theme park in Shanghai. Disney is now having a second stab at OTT video in China through Alibaba’s video streaming service Youku…