Disney walks US-China tightrope with ‘Mulan’ and loses its balance


HONG KONG, Sept 12 (SCMP): The Walt Disney Company, an empire built on sparkle and dreams, finds itself grappling with a nightmare largely of its own making with the release of Mulan even as the controversy underscores how few areas remain exempt from US-China enmity.

Film and China analysts said on Friday that cooperation on major film projects between the world’s two largest economies was highly unlikely for the foreseeable future as trans-Pacific tensions hit fever pitch and Disney gets raked over the coals.

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