MULAN.

• Author: Brown, Elizabeth Nolan
• Position: MOVIE

In September, Disney released a live-action version of its 1998 cartoon feature Mulan, based on Chinese folklore about a young woman who pretends to be a boy so that she can fight in her father's place when he's conscripted into the army. It's a tale about cleverness, bravery, and familial love overcoming hardships brought about by a violent and overbearing government.

That makes Disney's choice of a filming location-Xinjiang--even more of a slap in the face. Xinjiang is the region where China has been holding Uighurs in concentration camps and subjecting them and other Muslim minorities to human rights abuses.

As The Guardian reported, "in the final credits Disney offers 'special thanks' to eight government entities in Xinjiang, including the public security bureau in Turpan, a city in eastern Xinjiang where several re-education camps have been documented." The "publicity department of CPC Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomy Region Committee,"...