How Hard Will BoycottMulan & Hong Kong Protests Hit Disney?
exclaimed on blogging site Weibo that she stands with the Hong Kong police who since June have been engaged in an oppressive crackdown on anti-government demonstrators and journalists. The civil unrest was triggered by potential legislation which would have allowed suspected criminals to be extradited to territories where it doesn’t have formal extradition deals. Next to the previous riots that have occurred, 1.
“With the boycott originating through Hong Kong, people in China will deliberately go see the movie to protest the boycott. All of this could actually benefit the film,” says Stanley Rosen, University of Southern California Professor of Political Science who has an expertise in Asian affairs. “If the situation in Hong Kong becomes more polarizing, more prolonged and the crackdowns on the protesters are even more violent, and Yifei continues to tweet her support about it, that could very likely impactin Hong Kong and Taiwan,” says Rosen. One distribution source in the region tells Deadline that But there’s one area where #BoycottMulan could have an immediate effect on Disney.
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