The producers of Mulan, starring Liu Yifei, have acknowledged working with Chinese government departments in XinjiangAsian democracy activists are calling for a boycott of the newly released Walt Disney film Mulan because it was made with the help of Chinese state organisations accused of oppressing Muslims in the Xinjiang region. The $200 million film, a live action remake of a Disney animation, was already controversial because of remarks critical of protesters in Hong Kong made by its lead actress, Liu Yifei. The Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong is warning viewers they will be “complicit in the mass incarceration of Uighurs” JOSHUA WONG/TWITTERAfter the film’s release on streaming services last week viewers noticed that the credits thank eight government departments in Xinjiang, the site of widespread repression of the Uighur ethnic group and other Muslim minorities, thousands of whom have been arrested and interned. Activists in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand, all potentially big markets for the film, are promoting

Source: The Times September 08, 2020 16:07 UTC