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Chloe Zhao's historic Academy Awards win all but ignored in China By Dong Xing and wires © Provided by ABC NEWS The Oscars are usually a big deal in China, but not this year. (Supplied: Disney) The reaction to Chinese director Chloe Zhao's historic night at the Academy Awards has been surprisingly muted back home amid controversy over comments she made nearly a decade ago. Zhao became the first Asian woman to win a Best Director nod for her film Nomadland, which also won Best Picture. The film's lead Frances McDormand picked up Best Actress. However, the awards were not bro...

“I still truly believe them today,” Zhou said. “Even though sometimes they might seem like the opposite is true, but I have always found goodness in the people I met everywhere I went in the world.” Zhou’s message and her decision to speak in Mandarin during her speech were widely welcomed, particularly amid high rates of anti-Asian racism in the west. The apparent censorship of news about Zhao’s Oscars win followed a nationalistic furore against her last month. In March, Zhao was widely praised after becoming the first Asian woman in history to win a Golden Glob...

China is blocking this year's broadcast of the Academy Awards after the directors of two Oscar-nominated films were critical of the Chinese government. CNN's John Avlon talks to one of the directors, Anders Hammer, whose documentary spotlighted protesters in Hong Kong.

The 2019 Hong Kong film protests at the Oscars, China | Art and Culture News Growing up in Hong Kong, he imagined that Joey Siu could become a secondary school teacher, but two years ago, as pro-democracy protesters filled the streets of a Chinese-dominated city, he saw himself taking a different path. Siu joined the rallies as a student activist, but quickly took on a more prominent role in the movement, claiming international support and speaking regularly to the media. Then, in June last year, China established it National Security Act – said that broad-based legislation was necessary to...

Growing up in Hong Kong, Joey Siu imagined she might become a secondary school teacher, but two years ago, as pro-democracy protesters filled the streets of the Chinese-ruled city, she found herself taking a different path. Siu joined the rallies as a student activist, but quickly took on a more prominent role in the movement, advocating for international help and speaking regularly to the media. Then, in June last year, China imposed the National Security Law – broadly worded legislation it said was necessary to deal with secession, terrorism, subversion and “collusion with foreign power...