China Censors āNomadlandā Director ChloĆ© Zhaoās Oscar Win
āNomadlandā director ChloĆ© Zhao made history on Sunday by becoming the first woman of color and first Chinese woman to win the Oscar for best director. Official media, major search engines and internet censors in her home country are making as if it didnāt happen.
Ms. Zhaoās win, just the second time a woman has walked away with best director, unleashed a flurry of congratulatory messages on Chinese social-media sites when it was announced Monday morning Beijing time. By midafternoon, nearly all of the posts had been erased.
Source: WSJ #Apr24
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-censors-nomadland-director-chloe-zhaos-oscar-win-11619440550
#China #Nomadland #Director #ChloƩ #Oscar
āNomadlandā director ChloĆ© Zhao made history on Sunday by becoming the first woman of color and first Chinese woman to win the Oscar for best director. Official media, major search engines and internet censors in her home country are making as if it didnāt happen.
Ms. Zhaoās win, just the second time a woman has walked away with best director, unleashed a flurry of congratulatory messages on Chinese social-media sites when it was announced Monday morning Beijing time. By midafternoon, nearly all of the posts had been erased.
Source: WSJ #Apr24
https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-censors-nomadland-director-chloe-zhaos-oscar-win-11619440550
#China #Nomadland #Director #ChloƩ #Oscar