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September 7, 2020 08:20 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/7/21426274/mulan-disney-boycott-hong-kong-china-liu-yifei-protests-xinjiang-streaming
Calls to boycott Mulan rise after Disney release
Protests and calls for boycotts over Disney’s live-action adaptation of Mulan have sprung up again in wake of the film hitting Disney Plus.
Hashtags like #BoycottMulan have trended on Twitter following Mulan’s release on September 4th, but protests are tied to an incident that occurred in summer 2019, Vulture reports. Mulan actress and star Liu Yifei made comments last summer showing her support for police forces in Hong Kong at a time when people in Hong Kong were protesting newly suggested policies that would allow citizens to be extradited to mainland China, the BBC reported.
Liu shared a message on Weibo, a popular Chinese social media platform, that read “I support Hong Kong’s police, you can beat me up now,” according to The...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2020/9/7/21426274/mulan-disney-boycott-hong-kong-china-liu-yifei-protests-xinjiang-streaming
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