The Chinese government has told local media to curb its coverage of the Oscars ceremony next month due to its concerns about the political views of Best Director nominee Chloe Zhao and the nomination of a short documentary about the Hong Kong protests.Bloomberg is reporting that the Communist Party’s propaganda department issued the order to all media outlets, citing local sources, and that coverage should focus on the less controversial categories.
The news was also reported by Radio Free Asia and Hong Kong’s Apple Daily.Outlets have also been asked not to broadcast the ceremony in real time.Zhao was initially heralded in China after the success of Nomadland at Venice, but that reception turned sour when comments she made in a 2013
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