Disney's Mulan remake is facing fresh boycott calls after its scenes were filmed in China's Xinjiang, where widespread rights abuses against the region's Muslim population were widely documented.
remake is facing fresh boycott calls after it emerged some of the blockbuster's scenes were filmed in China's Xinjiang, where widespread rights abuses against the region's Muslim population have been widely documented.
Viewers spotted that Disney included"special thanks" to 8 government entities in Xinjiang – including the public security bureau in Turpan, a city in eastern Xinjiang where multiple internment camps have been documented.The revelation has sparked renewed anger at a time of heightened scrutiny over Hollywood's willingness to bow to authoritarian China.
Badiucao, a dissident Chinese artist living in Melbourne, said he was currently working on a new cartoon portraying Mulan as a guard at one of the internment camps in Xinjiang to satirize Disney's new film. The actions include everything from deleting the Taiwanese flag from Tom Cruise's bomber jacket in the upcomingBut it also means completely avoiding sensitive issues including Tibet, Taiwan, Hong Kong politics, Xinjiang, and the portrayal of LGBTQ characters, the report said.Xinjiang is a resource-rich region home to mostly Turkic-speaking Muslim Uighurs and boasts spectacular desert and mountain backdrops.
Even before the latest Xinjiang controversy, the hashtag #BoycottMulan has been trending in recent weeks Hong Kong, Thailand, and Taiwan.
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