Only using the word "Authorities" in the title understates the significance of this.
This is not the US government shutting down a film festival; this is the Chinese government engaging in an illegal overseas harrassment campaign in order to suppress negative depictions of itself.
Yea and the use of the phrase "severe repression" in the article is arguably a bad faith euphemism given that millions of Muslims have been detained by China while women were forcibly sterilized, which is genocide by the United Nations definition. Meanwhile their culture has been repressed as well, in a manner consistent with cultual genocide, which the United Nations does not recognize as a concept.
> After the festival was suspended, Zhu issued a statement that the decision was not out of fear, but rather to “stop harassment of … directors, guests, former staff, and volunteers associated with the festival, including my friends and family.”
I don’t quite get the distinction being made here. Surely the Chinese authorities have succeeded in scaring the people involved in the festival into calling it off.
It'll be a borderline expos on any selection of internal corruption/coercion/authoritarianism/minority oppression/social surveillance/etc issue going on in China. Do you really need the actual film? It doesn't particularly matter.
You surpress the 95% of discussion globally, outside of your own borders too, and the issues aren't really issues any more.
Edit: it's about Uyghurs control/genocide/oppression/other description for clarity. There are a lot of articles/stories on the topic if you were after info.
Well, this sucks! Whether its the Chinese gov. (like in this piece), or the U.s. gov in other areas (and w/more frequency this year), its an awful state of affairs for everyone. I remember years, maybe a couple of decades ago, there was this rush to "remove the borders" for "better global business"...this helped capitalism spread (for better or worse), and now it feels like more and more the borders that might contain fascism are disappearing...so fascism is spreading more and more. Ugh! :-(
Poorly worded title, something like this would be clearer:
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Chinese Authorities Threaten Mainland Relatives to Shut Down Film Festival in New York
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Even the subheading from the article seemed better:
"Chinese Police Harass Filmmakers, Families to Undermine Free Expression Abroad"
Though I would of made it "Filmmaker's Families".
How can you be free if your family is held hostage. As soon as a person from China becomes free or achieves anything, this is what happens.
This is what they do just because of a movie they don't care for. Imagine how much further they go when they have a bigger ask for something they truly want.
The coercion is very strong, and why some end up in jail for spying or other criminal acts in the hosting country, even if they end up citizens, and love the place. Very messed up.
> All those loud protesters screaming genocide in palestine up to two weeks ago are strangely quiet on this.
Ah yes, the ol’ “they’re hypocrites for complaining about a specific problem without also complaining about every other problem”—that’s gotta be on the first page of “The Rulebook for How to Stop Social Movements”.
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This is not the US government shutting down a film festival; this is the Chinese government engaging in an illegal overseas harrassment campaign in order to suppress negative depictions of itself.
I don’t quite get the distinction being made here. Surely the Chinese authorities have succeeded in scaring the people involved in the festival into calling it off.
You surpress the 95% of discussion globally, outside of your own borders too, and the issues aren't really issues any more.
Edit: it's about Uyghurs control/genocide/oppression/other description for clarity. There are a lot of articles/stories on the topic if you were after info.
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But not with Iranian censorship and harassment.
Is anyone surprised China has global influence and Iran does not?
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Chinese Authorities Threaten Mainland Relatives to Shut Down Film Festival in New York
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Even the subheading from the article seemed better: "Chinese Police Harass Filmmakers, Families to Undermine Free Expression Abroad"
Though I would of made it "Filmmaker's Families".
How can you be free if your family is held hostage. As soon as a person from China becomes free or achieves anything, this is what happens.
This is what they do just because of a movie they don't care for. Imagine how much further they go when they have a bigger ask for something they truly want.
The coercion is very strong, and why some end up in jail for spying or other criminal acts in the hosting country, even if they end up citizens, and love the place. Very messed up.
All those loud protesters screaming genocide in palestine up to two weeks ago are strangely quiet on this.
Ah yes, the ol’ “they’re hypocrites for complaining about a specific problem without also complaining about every other problem”—that’s gotta be on the first page of “The Rulebook for How to Stop Social Movements”.
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