On Sept. 7, it was discovered that the Disney movie "Mulan" thanked the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomy Region Committee in its credits, which raised another round of criticism after the controversy it attracted due to its lead actress Liu Yifei voicing support for the Hong Kong Police.
The premiere of Disney film "Mulan," originally scheduled for March, was pushed back due to the global pandemic. It is now at the center of controversy after it was discovered eight Xinjiang government agencies including the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomy Region Committee and Turpan Municipal Bureau of Public Security received "special thanks" in the film's credits. The star of the film, Chinese actress Liu Yifei, also sparked controversy recently when she voiced support for the Hong Kong police.
(Liu Yifei) is the complete opposite of Hua Mulan. It's so ironic.
Former Demosisto Secretary-General Joshua Wong is calling on moviegoers to boycott the film.
Especially how Liu Yifei and Donnie Yen are the two celebrities in China that endorse police brutality in Hong Kong. Especially we realize how this new Disney movie also give the special thanks to the Xinjiang government who set up the re-education camp.
"Mulan" was shot in Xinjiang, which is home to controversial central "re-education" camps. In a recent column, Washington Post writer Isaac Stone Fish wrote, "Disney filmed "Mulan" in regions across China (among other locations). In the credits, Disney offers a special thanks to more than a dozen Chinese institutions that helped with the film. These include four Chinese Communist Party propaganda departments in the region of Xinjiang as well as the Public Security Bureau of the city of Turpan in the same region -- organizations that are facilitating crimes against humanity. It's sufficiently astonishing that it bears repeating: Disney has thanked four propaganda departments and a public security bureau in Xinjiang, a region in northwest China that is the site of one of the world's worst human rights abuses happening today."
These so-called "re-education camps" in Xinjiang don't even exist. In Xinjiang, there are legal vocational education and training centers set up as part of our war on terror.
In August, free expression advocacy group PEN America reported politically sensitive topics like Tibet, Taiwan and Hong Kong are often edited out of films due to China's rigorous censorship regulations. Macau-based Chinese political cartoonist Badiucao says Disney is showing its double standards by supporting western social movements like "Me Too" and "Black Lives Matter" while turning a blind eye to human rights offenses in China.