{"id":214418,"date":"2021-03-29T22:54:39","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T19:54:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/no-oscars-or-sensitive-art-spark-hong-kong-censorship-fears\/"},"modified":"2021-03-29T22:54:39","modified_gmt":"2021-03-29T19:54:39","slug":"no-oscars-or-sensitive-art-spark-hong-kong-censorship-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/no-oscars-or-sensitive-art-spark-hong-kong-censorship-fears\/","title":{"rendered":"#No Oscars or sensitive art spark Hong Kong censorship fears"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#No Oscars or sensitive art spark Hong Kong censorship fears<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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HONG KONG \u2014 Decisions in Hong Kong not to display a politically sensitive photograph in a museum exhibition and not broadcast the annual Academy Awards for the first time in decades have prompted concerns that Beijing\u2019s crackdown on dissent in the city is extending to arts and entertainment.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong authorities have taken a tougher stance on opposition following Beijing\u2019s imposition of a national security law on the city, arresting prominent pro-democracy activists and participants in anti-government protests in 2019.<\/p>\n

The twin announcements on the Oscars and the photograph came as China\u2019s top legislature began deliberating a revamp to Hong Kong\u2019s election laws that would put more power in the hands of a committee dominated by Beijing loyalists.<\/p>\n

Henry Tang, head of the city\u2019s West Kowloon Cultural District Authority, said at a news<\/a> conference Monday that there are no plans to exhibit a photo at the opening of the city\u2019s new M+ museum by dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei showing him holding up his middle finger at Tiananmen Square in Beijing.<\/p>\n

The decision prompted concern that the security law will not just be used to silence dissent but also to intervene in freedom of art and expression.<\/p>\n

Tang dismissed suspicion that the museum was under pressure to remove the photo, saying there never were plans to include it.<\/p>\n

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A worker stands on the balcony of the \u201cM+\u201d visual culture museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District of Hong Kong, Monday, March 29, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cWe have never planned for that photograph to be included in the opening exhibition, so there is no question that we have retracted it, or we have succumbed to pressure and have changed it,\u201d Tang said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf any of our works or any of our actions contravenes any such law, I\u2019m sure the law enforcement agencies will get in touch with us and we will co-operate fully with them,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Ai, the artist, was not immedia<\/a>tely available for comment.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said authorities were on \u201cfull alert\u201d to ensure that exhibitions in the city do not violate the national security law. Pro-Beijing lawmakers have said that some of M+\u2019s artwork is politically sensitive and could be in breach of the legislation.<\/p>\n

Separately, public broadcaster TVB confirmed Monday that it will not air this year\u2019s Academy Awards ceremony for the first time in decades.<\/p>\n

A report by local newspaper The Standard suggested that earlier critical comments about mainland China by Chloe Zhao, the Beijing-born director of nominated film \u201cNomadland,\u201d as well as the nomination of a short documentary about the 2019 protests in Hong Kong could be linked to the decision not to broadcast the ceremony this year.<\/p>\n

\u201cTVB does not have the broadcasting rights for The Oscars 2021. It was purely a commercial decision that we decided not to pursue the Oscars this year,\u201d TVB said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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People walk in front of \u201cM+\u201d visual culture museum in the West Kowloon Cultural District of Hong Kong, Monday, March 29, 2021.<\/figcaption>
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Old comments by Zhao in which she was perceived to be criticizing mainland China sparked outrage in the country. Searches for \u201cNomadland\u201d were blocked on the Chinese internet, which is heavily censored and filtered to scrub content deemed politically sensitive by the government.<\/p>\n

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science<\/a>s Awards, which presents the awards, could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/p>\n

In Beijing, proposed changes to Hong Kong\u2019s electoral system were submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People\u2019s Congress at the opening of its session on Monday, the official Xinhua News Agency said.<\/p>\n

Under the proposals, the make-up of a committee that chooses the leader would be changed, and the committee would be given the power to pick a large share of the legislature. The changes are expected to reduce the proportion of lawmakers elected by direct vote, though details have not been released yet.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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