Hollywood Should Support China Protests

Hollywood has a China problem. If we didn’t know that already, it’s been made starker by the silence of America’s entertainment capital on the latest wave of protests in China.

Last weekend, thousands of Chinese took to the streets — from Ürümqi to Hong Kong to Shanghai to Beijing — demanding freedom and human rights. The catalyst for the latest demonstrations was a devastating fire on November 24 in an apartment building in Ürümqi; at least ten residents, all Uyghurs, were trapped inside and died. Xi Jinping’s draconian zero-Covid lockdowns, which contributed to these deaths, have prompted righteous fury.

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Jenny Wang

Jenny Wang is a senior strategy and research associate at the Human Rights Foundation, where she oversees the organization’s Asia-related programs.

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Elisha Maldonado

Elisha Maldonado is the global head of communications at the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong Foundation.

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Hollywood has a China problem. If we didn’t know that already, it’s been made starker by the silence of America’s entertainment capital on the latest wave of protests in China.

Last weekend, thousands of Chinese took to the streets — from Ürümqi to Hong Kong to Shanghai to Beijing — demanding freedom and human rights. The catalyst for the latest demonstrations was a devastating fire on November 24 in an apartment building in Ürümqi; at least ten residents, all Uyghurs, were trapped inside and died. Xi Jinping’s draconian zero-Covid lockdowns, which contributed to these deaths, have prompted righteous fury.