Chloe Zhao’s Oscars Glory Met With Media Silence in China1 min read
Reading Time: < 1 minuteChinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland was the unmistakable big winner at the 93rd Academy Awards Sunday night, taking home best picture, best director and best actress. In a piece of potent history, Zhao became the first Asian woman, the first Chinese woman and first woman of colour to win the top directing prize at the Oscars. Back in China, however, her moment of triumph was met with blanket silence from state and mainstream media.
In the hours immediately after the ceremony, neither China’s official mouthpiece The People’s Daily, state news service Xinhua nor the populist tabloid Global Times had produced a single report on Zhao’s multiple wins at the Academy Awards.
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