Miscellaneous
The Ballad of Mulan is a 1,500 year old poem many Chinese kids learn to recite. Amidst the controversy and criticism of the latest Disney remake of Mulan and its links to Xinjiang, journalist Elaine Yau unpacks the controversies, the #BoycottMulan and the #RealMulan campaigns and criticisms of the 'western' influences on this film as it prepares to open in Chinese cinemas. Gender studies academic Ting Guo unpacks the deeper meaning of Mulan, its cinematic incarnations in Hong Kong and mainland…