Musicians and actors have become caught in the crossfires between Hong Kong and mainland China as the protests roll on to their 11th week.
The star of Disney鈥檚 live-action 鈥淢ulan,鈥� Liu Yifei came under fire after , the Twitter-like Chinese social media site, in support of the Hong Kong police.
鈥淚 support the Hong Kong police. You can all attack me now. What a shame for Hong Kong,鈥� Yifei wrote, according to a .
Her post caused an immediate reaction in Hong Kong, and #BoycottMulan trended on Twitter, as that the star鈥檚 posts showed she supported 鈥減olice brutality and oppression in Hong Kong.鈥�
Movie star, martial arts master and Hong Kong native Jackie Chan also came under fire he did with Chinese media organization CCTV. In it, Chan calls for peace and espouses national pride 鈥� at one point stating that he 鈥渇eels the pride of being a Chinese everywhere.鈥�
Viewers were quick to point out the 鈥榩ropaganda-like鈥� feel, as classical music, scenes depicting China鈥檚 military and the flags of China and Hong Kong waving together were displayed throughout the video.
South Korean Kpop group GOT7 postponed their scheduled Hong Kong concerts after their Chinese member, rapper Jackson Wang 鈥� who is a Hong Kong native 鈥� posted on Weibo in support of mainland China, prompting backlash online.
Twitter users begged GOT7鈥檚 parent company, JYP Entertainment, to cancel the concerts with the hashtags and # as fans were concerned for the group鈥檚 safety.
Rolemodel Entertainment Group, who was responsible for organizing the concert, apologizing to fans and offering ticket refunds.
Wang also at the 'Head in the Clouds' Festival Saturday put on by company 88rising, due to "unforeseen circumstances beyond our [the company's] control."
Other Chinese Kpop stars such as Lay Zhang from EXO, Yuqi from (G)-IDLE, Lai Kuan Lin and Seventeen鈥檚 The8 have all made Weibo posts denouncing the protests and expressing support for the 鈥極ne China Policy.鈥�
Chinese actors and musicians can face harsh financial penalties, blacklisting and boycotting if they do or say anything that 鈥渋mpugns鈥� China鈥檚 reputation at home or abroad, and citizens labour under a 鈥樷�� system that monitors and rates their behaviours, limiting access to services should they have low scores.
