‘Mulan’ Criticized for Crediting Chinese Bureau Tied to Muslim Concentration Camps

Credits for new Disney film thank several Chinese organizations linked to Uyghur repression

Mulan 2020 Gong Li
Photo credit: Walt Disney Studios

Disney’s “Mulan” remake is facing scrutiny after its credits thanked the Turpan Municipal Bureau of Public Security, a bureau that has helped China’s communist government imprison Muslims in concentration camps.

Axios’ reporter Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian tweeted on Monday that the movie’s shout-out was “truly outrageous,” considering the bureau has been “deeply involved” in running camps in Xinjiang, a region in Northwest China.

The region is best known in recent years for being at the heart of China’s attacks against Uyghurs, a Turkic-speaking ethnic minority who mostly practice Islam. At least 1 million Uyghurs are held in state-run concentration camps, according to PBS.

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