#BoycottMulan movement gains momentum
Skip to main content
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Epaper
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • COVID-19
    • Bangladesh
    • Splash
    • Videos
    • Games
    • Long Read
    • Infograph
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Thoughts
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Archive
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
    • Supplement
  • বাংলা
The Business Standard

Monday
August 08, 2022

Sign In
Subscribe
  • Home
  • Economy
  • Stocks
  • Analysis
  • World+Biz
  • Sports
  • Features
  • Epaper
  • More
    • Subscribe
    • COVID-19
    • Bangladesh
    • Splash
    • Videos
    • Games
    • Long Read
    • Infograph
    • Interviews
    • Offbeat
    • Thoughts
    • Podcast
    • Quiz
    • Tech
    • Archive
    • Trial By Trivia
    • Magazine
    • Supplement
  • বাংলা
MONDAY, AUGUST 08, 2022
#BoycottMulan movement gains momentum

Glitz

TBS Report
08 September, 2020, 11:20 am
Last modified: 08 September, 2020, 11:30 am

Related News

  • Mulan: 2020’s most beautiful disappointment
  • Star Cineplex to reopen Friday with premiere show of Mulan and Tenet
  • China’s ‘Kung Fu Mulan’ upsets audience more than Disney’s Mulan
  • Disney's 'Mulan' battles mixed reviews and media muzzle at Chinese launch
  • Disney 'very pleased' with 'Mulan' debut ahead of China opening

#BoycottMulan movement gains momentum

Social media activists in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand urged the filmgoers to skip the movie

TBS Report
08 September, 2020, 11:20 am
Last modified: 08 September, 2020, 11:30 am
#BoycottMulan movement gains momentum

As Disney's mega-budget live-action remake of Mulan prepares to roll out in theaters in select markets across Asia, pro-democracy activists in several countries in the region are calling on audiences to steer clear of the movie via the growing #BoycottMulan movement.

A wave of coordinated social media activity in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Thailand over the weekend urged for filmgoers to skip the movie because of past comments made by its star, actress Liu Yifei, supporting Hong Kong's police force.

Among the most prominent voices calling for the boycott is Hong Kong activist leader Joshua Wong. "Because Disney kowtows to Beijing, and because Liu Yifei openly and proudly endorses police brutality in Hong Kong, I urge everyone who believes in human rights to #BoycottMulan," he wrote Friday on Twitter.

Liu was circumspect when addressing the protests and her comments in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter earlier this year. "I think it's obviously a very complicated situation, and I'm not an expert. I just really hope this gets resolved soon ... I think it's just a very sensitive situation."

Because of the tiny scale of Hong Kong's movie box office relative to the mainland Chinese market — the city has a population of just 11 million compared to 1.3 billion in China — activists have repeatedly called on pro-democracy supporters from afar to get behind the #BoycottMulan hashtag.

Mulan / #BoycottMulan

Comments

While most comments will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive, moderation decisions are subjective. Published comments are readers’ own views and The Business Standard does not endorse any of the readers’ comments.

Top Stories

  • Anwar Group looks beyond slowdown – invests Tk5,000cr
    Anwar Group looks beyond slowdown – invests Tk5,000cr
  • A unique exchange rate regime
    A unique exchange rate regime
  • File Photo of Bangladesh Bank : Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS
    Dollar crisis: BB orders removal of 6 banks’ treasury chiefs 

MOST VIEWED

  • Top YouTube Movie Channels. Photo: Collected
    Top YouTube movie channels to watch full length movies online free
  • Kelly Clarkson to get a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
    Kelly Clarkson to get a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
  • Janowar poster. Photo: Collected
    Janowar: Portraying the real-life horror on screen
  • The Rehman Duo. Photo: Courtesy
    In talks with ‘The Rehman Duo’: The melomaniac couple
  • Aimee, Emma, and Asa from season 2. Photo: Collected
    ‘Sex Education’: A must-watch series for Bangladeshis
  • Miracle in Cell No. 7: Heartwarming Story inside a Prison Cell
    Miracle in Cell No. 7: Heartwarming Story inside a Prison Cell

Related News

  • Mulan: 2020’s most beautiful disappointment
  • Star Cineplex to reopen Friday with premiere show of Mulan and Tenet
  • China’s ‘Kung Fu Mulan’ upsets audience more than Disney’s Mulan
  • Disney's 'Mulan' battles mixed reviews and media muzzle at Chinese launch
  • Disney 'very pleased' with 'Mulan' debut ahead of China opening

Features

Photo: BSS

Begum Fazilatunnessa Mujib . . . woman of moral power

7h | Thoughts
Will Glass Cosmetics be your next skincare holy grail?

Will Glass Cosmetics be your next skincare holy grail?

11h | Brands
Akij Tableware: More than just dishes on a table

Akij Tableware: More than just dishes on a table

12h | Brands
Deeply depressed and afraid of living in total darkness, the Noakhali-based housewife Rasheda desires nothing but to get her vision back. Photo: Noor-A-Alam

Blind people need 25,000 corneas. Sandhani gets around 25

12h | Panorama

More Videos from TBS

What caused the Megalodon to go extinct?

What caused the Megalodon to go extinct?

3h | Videos
92nd birth anniversary of Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Mujib today

92nd birth anniversary of Bangamata Fazilatunnesa Mujib today

4h | Videos
Challenges the world will face after 10 years

Challenges the world will face after 10 years

6h | Videos
Ukraine-Russia war at new stage, fear of nuclear radiation increasing

Ukraine-Russia war at new stage, fear of nuclear radiation increasing

7h | Videos

Most Read

1
Diesel price hiked by Tk34 per litre, Octane by Tk46
Energy

Diesel price hiked by Tk34 per litre, Octane by Tk46

2
Housing projects sprouting up by Dhaka-Mawa expressway
Real Estate

Housing projects sprouting up by Dhaka-Mawa expressway

3
July remittance hits two-year high
Economy

July remittance hits two-year high

4
Infographic: TBS
Banking

Dollar rate will be left to market after two months: Governor

5
Bangladesh to resume talks for Ukrainian wheat import
Economy

Bangladesh to resume talks for Ukrainian wheat import

6
A liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanker is tugged towards a thermal power station in Futtsu, east of Tokyo, Japan November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Issei Kato/File Photo
Energy

Summit proposes long-term LNG supply to Petrobangla

EMAIL US
contact@tbsnews.net
FOLLOW US
WHATSAPP
+880 1847416158
The Business Standard
  • About Us
  • Contact us
  • Sitemap
  • Privacy Policy
  • Comment Policy
Copyright © 2022
The Business Standard All rights reserved
Technical Partner: RSI Lab

Contact Us

The Business Standard

Main Office -4/A, Eskaton Garden, Dhaka- 1000

Phone: +8801847 416158 - 59

Send Opinion articles to - oped.tbs@gmail.com

For advertisement- sales@tbsnews.net