Disney Calls Mulan's Film Credit For The Chinese Government Just An Appreciation

Mulan 2020 (Disney)

JAKARTA - The controversy of the live-action version of the Mulan film is still the subject of discussion today. After being dogged by protests over making a thank you credit, this time their statement also generated a negative response.

On October 8, British politician Iain Duncan Smith posted a Disney statement regarding the film's credits.

It is known that fans saw Mulan's film credits thanking the Chinese government and dealing with the Uighur Muslim population. They were filming in the Xinjiang area.

In his official letter to Smith, Disney said the location chosen was for the sake of authenticity and was not influenced by the Chinese government.

"After all, the shooting process which was carried out in the desert scenery was only four days - compared to 143 days of shooting in New Zealand," wrote the Disney representative in the letter that Smith uploaded.

"The Beijing Shadow Times production company provided our production team with a list of everyone to say to Mulan's credit."

“The reality is that Disney didn't want to disappoint China and did what they wanted. It seems that Disney company policy is not concerned with human rights issues that impact Uighurs. It looks like human rights are second to companies so as not to disappoint China, ”wrote Iain Duncan Smith.

Disney's corporate policy does not appear to care about the human rights issues affecting the #Uighurs . It seems human rights come second to the corporate policy of not upsetting China. (2/2) pic.twitter.com/3wXVQLuVOf

- Iain Duncan Smith MP (@MPIainDS) October 8, 2020

Before the film Mulan aired, not a few people chose to boycott this film after social media uploads by Liu Yifei, the main character of Mulan who supported the Hong Kong police in 2019.

Mulan's achievement was not much, 25 million dollars in the first week of broadcast was disappointing. This is also related to the Chinese boycott of the film Mulan .

Mulan can be watched via the Disney Plus streaming service .