This year's Disney's much-awaited movie 'Mulan' is being boycotted at this time. The boycott of this movie is being done due to shooting in the Xinjiang area of China and expressing special gratitude to the government. It is worth noting that some scenes of the movie 'Mulan' have been shot in Xinjiang. This is the autonomous place of China, where Uygar Muslims have been kept under detention.
It tells the story of a popular Chinese woman warrior, this movie has been in controversy before its release. The first political controversy about 'Mulan' occurred when the actress Liu Yifei of this movie supported the Hong Kong Police last year where the police tried to stop the ongoing protests in Hong Kong.
Mulan specifically thank the publicity department of CPC Xinjiang uyghur autonomous region committee in the credits. You know, the place where the cultural genocide is happening. They filmed extensively in Xinjiang, which the subtitles call “Northwest China”#BoycottMulan pic.twitter.com/mba3oMYDvV
— Jeannette Ng 吳志麗 (@jeannette_ng) September 7, 2020
The movie 'Mulan' has recently been released on the OTT platform. The new controversy has arisen when the OTT platform has thanked the eight Governments in the movie 'Mulan'. The name of Xinjiang is also included in these eight governments. An area of the far west of Xinjiang China is home to Uygar Muslims. The predominantly Muslim, Turkic-speaking ethnic minorities have lived in this area for years under rapid surveillance and repression. Not only this, but the OTT platform has also thanked a unit of the propaganda department of the Chinese Communist Party in Xinjiang and gave them a special mention. The film is once again surrounded by controversies.
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