{"id":75101,"date":"2020-09-25T15:25:57","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T12:25:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/netflixs-three-body-problem-is-getting-pushback-from-u-s-senators\/"},"modified":"2020-09-25T15:25:57","modified_gmt":"2020-09-25T12:25:57","slug":"netflixs-three-body-problem-is-getting-pushback-from-u-s-senators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/netflixs-three-body-problem-is-getting-pushback-from-u-s-senators\/","title":{"rendered":"#Netflix\u2019s \u2018Three-Body Problem\u2019 is getting pushback from U.S. senators"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2eae912636a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2eae912636a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/netflixs-three-body-problem-is-getting-pushback-from-u-s-senators\/#Authors_shocking_support_of_Chinese_Muslim_internment_camps_comes_under_fire\" >Author&#8217;s shocking support of Chinese Muslim internment camps comes under fire.<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/netflixs-three-body-problem-is-getting-pushback-from-u-s-senators\/#Todays_top_stories\" >Today\u2019s top stories<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Netflix\u2019s \u2018Three-Body Problem\u2019 is getting pushback from U.S. senators<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"article-sub-head\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Authors_shocking_support_of_Chinese_Muslim_internment_camps_comes_under_fire\"><\/span>Author&#8217;s shocking support of Chinese Muslim internment camps comes under fire.<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content-wrapper\">\n<p><em>The Three Body Problem<\/em> may become one of Netflix\u2018s biggest shows, once it actually gets made. Adapted from a bestselling Chinese sci-fi novel, it\u2019s the first major project from showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss after their work on <em><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a> of Thrones<\/em>. But the book\u2019s original author, Liu Cixin, is already attracting some criticism toward Netflix.<\/p>\n<p>Liu\u2019s <em>Remembrance of Earth\u2019s Past<\/em> trilogy first garnered praise in China, beginning with<em> The Three-Body Problem<\/em> in 2006. It\u2019s a complicated, wide-reaching sci-fi epic involving humans and aliens, and became an international hit after the first book was translated into English in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>As a Chinese author, Liu is less of a public figure in the U.S. than someone like George R.R. Martin or J.K. Rowling, so most Western readers weren\u2019t really aware of his political opinions. But in a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2019\/06\/24\/liu-cixins-war-of-the-worlds\"><em>New Yorker<\/em> profile<\/a> last year, he voiced support for the Chinese government\u2019s Uighur internment camps\u2014obviously a shocking and controversial statement. As a result, five Republican senators have sent an open <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackburn.senate.gov\/services\/files\/D8359E17-4931-41B8-9EE4-0DC874904A23\">letter<\/a> to Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, criticizing the company\u2019s support of Liu\u2019s work. <\/p>\n<p>Led by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (TN), the letter\u2019s five signatories asked:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cWere Netflix senior executives aware of the statements made by Mr. Liu Cixin regarding the [Chinese Communist Party\u2019s] genocidal acts prior to entering into an agreement to adapt his work? If so, please outline the reasoning that led Netflix to move forward with this project.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In last year\u2019s <em>New Yorker <\/em>interview, Liu blamed Uighur people for terrorist attacks in China, saying, \u201cIf anything, the government is helping their economy and trying to lift them out of poverty\u201d by imprisoning people in detention camps. He was referring to the extensive network of internment facilities in Xinjiang, where at least <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/qz.com\/1599393\/how-researchers-estimate-1-million-uyghurs-are-detained-in-xinjiang\/\">a million people<\/a> have been detained based on their ethnic or religious background. Widespread human rights abuses have been reported, including forced sterilization, torture, \u201cre-education,\u201d and slave labor. According to <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2020\/07\/04\/887239225\/china-suppression-of-uighur-minorities-meets-u-n-definition-of-genocide-report-s?t=1601031109818\">experts<\/a>, this qualifies under the U.N. definition of genocide.<\/p>\n<p>The letter also accuses Liu of \u201cparroting dangerous CCP propaganda,\u201d and suggests that Netflix is complicit by choosing to promote and profit from <em>The Three-Body Problem<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Disney faced criticism earlier this year for filming <em>Mulan<\/em> in Xinjiang, working closely with the local government, and directly thanking a Xinjiang propaganda office in the film\u2019s credits. The movie\u2014a patriotic tale about a loyal Chinese soldier who protects the empire from dangerous outsiders\u2014filmed several key sequences in Xinjiang, nearby to where the Chinese government is currently detaining and allegedly torturing Uighur people.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Todays_top_stories\"><\/span>Today\u2019s top stories<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\">\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Hilton worker says he was fired for viral TikTok videos about the hotel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Teens are staging Zoom kidn<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ings to get out of online classes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Internet outraged by charges in Breonna Taylor case<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dailydot.us18.list-manage.com\/subscribe\/post?u=557794e049a42cb8dcdf4eacc&amp;id=14207741b3\">Sign up<\/a>\u00a0to receive the best of the internet straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<p><em>H\/T <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2020\/politics\/news\/republican-senators-challenge-netflix-over-chinese-sci-fi-adaptation-1234782340\/\">Netflix<\/a><\/em>\n                    <\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit\">\n<p>                                                                                                <span class=\"dd-article-leadart-image-credit-segment\"><br \/>\n                                        <a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/us.macmillan.com\/books\/9780765382030\">The Three-Body Problem\/Macmillan<\/a><br \/>\n                                    <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">For forums sites go to <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/forum.buradabiliyorum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Forum.BuradaBiliyorum.Com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>If you want to read more Like this articles, you can visit our <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/social-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Social Media category.<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: black;\"><a style=\"color: #ff9900;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailydot.com\/unclick\/three-body-problem-netflix-backlash-china-muslims\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Source<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;#Netflix\u2019s \u2018Three-Body Problem\u2019 is getting pushback from U.S. senators &#8221; Author&#8217;s shocking support of Chinese Muslim internment camps comes under fire. 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