SEOUL, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF—The remake of “Mulan” struck all the right chords to be a hit in the key Chinese market. Disney cast beloved actor Liu Yifei as Mulan and removed a dragon sidekick ...

Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian defended Liu last week, calling her a "Mulan of the modern times." Disney did not reply to a request for comment.

Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Disney bosses dropped the character Li Shang from the live-action remake of Mulan, because they feared the ...

Walt Disney Co's (NYSE: DIS) Mulan is struggling at the box office in China and managed to scour amid calls for a boycott and a string of poor reviews, CNBC reported Sunday.What Happened: At the ...

NINGBO, China, Sept. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- On the evening of September 23, local time in the United States, the Chinese heroine Hua Mulan made a stunning appearance in the lyrical melody at the ...

Before Liu Yifei, the actress who plays the new Mulan in the live-action movie coming out this Friday, there was Nancy Chan, who portrayed the Chinese legend in the 1939 musical comedy Hua Mu Lan.

SEOUL, KOREA, REPUBLIC OF—The remake of “Mulan” struck all the right chords to be a hit in the key Chinese market. Disney cast beloved actor Liu Yifei as Mulan and removed a dragon sidekick popular in ...

Chinese critics, both at home and abroad, said they were disappointed with the film’s inaccurate and stereotypical portrayals of Chinese history and the main character, infused with nationalist ...