However, the streaming service had not even arrived in many countries, such as Brazil. Here, the platform debuted in November. Furthermore, the premiere was available in a minimum number of cinemas that were open at that point in the pandemic.
Boycott request
In the film’s final credits, Disney thanked government authorities in the Xinjiang region, northwest China. Among them, the public security agency in Turpan, a city in eastern Xinjiang.
It turns out that in this place there are thousands of people who were repressed in “re-education camps”, where the Chinese government imposes its thoughts and beliefs on the population. The Chinese Communist Party department in the region also received a thank you.
Controversial statement
To top it off, actress Liu Yifei, protagonist of ‘Mulan’, declared her support for the Hong Kong police on social media. At the time, authorities were being heavily criticized for their excessive use of force to suppress protests that had lasted more than two months at the time.