#BoycottMulan trends after star’s reported “support for Hong Kong police”
Disney film’s online release yesterday (September 4).After the film’s initial March release date in cinemas, which was curtailed due to the coronavirus outbreak, the film finally arrived on the Disney+ streaming service this week.Fans have been calling for a boycott of the film due to star Liu Yifei’s reported support of Hong Kong police during ongoing clashes in the country.Posting on Chinese social media site Weibo (via The Los Angeles Times) last year, Liu shared a statement from reporter Fu Guohao, who works for the Communist Party-owned Global Times publication.“I support the Hong Kong police. You can beat me up now,” Guohao had written.