Disney’s new Mulan film is facing fresh calls for a boycott, this time for filming and thanking authorities in China’s Xinjiang province where the government is accused of carrying out .
The film, released last week after much anticipation, is a live-action remake of the 1998 animated movie that follows a young Chinese girl who disguises herself as a man to take her father's place in the imperial army.
But in the film’s final credits, some viewers spotted Disney offered “special thanks” to several government bodies in Xinjiang, including the Turpan Municipal Bureau of Public Security, which has been linked to the operation of Uighur internment camps.
The credits also specifically thank “the Publicity Department of CPC Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Committee”, which has been accused of operating as a propaganda machine for the Chinese Communist Party.
Disney is yet to comment on the controversy.
It has led to renewed calls for a boycott of the film, which also came under fire last year when Chinese actress Liu Yifei, who plays Mulan, during pro-democracy protests.
The Chinese government has been internationally condemned for allegedly committing human rights violations and incarcerating around one million Uighurs in “re-education camps” in Xinjiang.
In June, Chinese authorities were accused of carrying out to curb the population.
Some human rights groups and activists have described their treatment as “cultural genocide”.
China has repeatedly rejected carrying out rights violations and describes the facilities as voluntary job training centres aimed at steering people away from terrorism.
Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne has previously said she is by the alleged mistreatment of Uighurs.
