{"id":1945766,"date":"2023-06-06T17:52:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-reverses-course-and-agrees-to-meet-with-uyghur-genocide-victims\/"},"modified":"2023-06-06T17:53:53","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T21:53:53","slug":"disney-reverses-course-and-agrees-to-meet-with-uyghur-genocide-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-reverses-course-and-agrees-to-meet-with-uyghur-genocide-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Disney to meet with Uyghur genocide victims after reversing decision."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdisney-reverses-course-and-agrees-to-meet-with-uyghur-genocide-victims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1945766&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Disney Agrees to Meet with Uyghur Genocide Victims After Free Beacon Report<\/h2>\n<figure>\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.gettyimages.com\/photos\/bob-iger-ceo-of-the-walt-disney-company-speaks-during-the-2019-disney-picture-id1157977585\" alt=\"Disney CEO Bob Iger\"><figcaption>Disney CEO Bob Iger (Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Disney executives have finally agreed to meet with Uyghur genocide victims after the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em> revealed that the company had reneged on a planned meeting to discuss Disney&#8217;s friendly relationship with Beijing. The House of Mouse informed Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.) earlier this month that it &#8220;will be reaching out to the Uyghur Human Rights Project and the Uyghur American Association directly to arrange a meeting with our appropriate executives,&#8221; according to a letter sent to the lawmaker and obtained by the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3>Disney&#8217;s About-Face<\/h3>\n<p>Banks petitioned the company in May to explain why it allegedly pulled out of a meeting with a group of Uyghurs, their families, and advocates who were concerned with Disney&#8217;s friendly relationship with China and decision to shoot a film in the province where the Chinese Communist Party is oppressing the country&#8217;s Muslim minority. Disney officials, Banks disclosed in his initial letter, &#8220;suddenly cut off the correspondence&#8221; with the advocacy groups and have since &#8220;evaded meeting with victims of the Uyghur genocide.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Disney&#8217;s about-face comes as Congress investigates American companies&#8217; work with China. Banks and other lawmakers on the House Select Committee on China are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-reverses-course-and-agrees-to-meet-with-uyghur-genocide-victims\/\" title=\"Disney to meet with Uyghur genocide victims after reversing decision.\">conducting broad investigations<\/a> into a range of companies, such as Nike and Adidas, that rely on Uyghur slave labor and enable China&#8217;s genocide. Disney has also been locked in an ongoing battle with Republican Florida governor Ron DeSantis, a 2024 presidential candidate.<\/p>\n<h3>Mulan Debacle<\/h3>\n<p>Disney faced criticism for its decision to film the 2020 live-action <em>Mulan<\/em> remake in China&#8217;s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, where the CCP wages a genocide against the Uyghur Muslim ethnic minority. The <em>Mulan<\/em> film sparked a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nike-sues-over-lil-nas-x-satan-shoes\/\" title=\"Nike Sues Over Lil Nas X \u2018Satan\u2019 Shoes\">public relations nightmare<\/a> for Disney after viewers noticed that the film&#8217;s credits &#8220;thanked several Chinese government agencies,&#8221; including the Public Security Bureau of Turpan, which the Trump administration sanctioned for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/communist-china-demands-u-s-canada-review-and-redress-genocide-against-indigenous-people\/\" title=\"Communist China Demands U.S., Canada \u2018Review And Redress Genocide\u2019 Against Indigenous People\">human rights crimes<\/a>. Disney also thanked the Publicity Department of CPC Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region Committee, &#8220;the CCP propaganda arm charged with covering up the abuses,&#8221; according to Banks&#8217;s initial letter.<\/p>\n<p>Susan Fox, Disney&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-confirms-kathleen-hicks-as-deputy-defense-secretary\/\" title=\"Senate Confirms Kathleen Hicks as Deputy Defense Secretary\">senior vice president<\/a> and head of U.S. government relations, says that the <em>Mulan<\/em> debacle was a wake-up call for the company. &#8220;We have subsequently increased our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-ukraine-blame-each-other-for-strikes-on-europes-largest-nuclear-plant\/\" title=\"Russia &#038; Ukraine Blame Each Other For Strikes On Europe\u2019s Largest Nuclear Plant\">due diligence processes<\/a> around location filming and acknowledgements in film credits,&#8221; Fox wrote to Banks, &#8220;and we have no future plans to film in Xinjiang Province.&#8221; These updated guidelines will apply to all future projects filmed in China, the company said.<\/p>\n<h3>Disney&#8217;s Response<\/h3>\n<p>Banks told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> he is encouraged by Disney\u2019s response, but he said that &#8220;we will see if it&#8217;s a turning point&#8221; for the company as it tries to battle the perception it kowtows to China. &#8220;Disney did the right thing here,&#8221; Banks said, expressing hope that the meeting with Uyghur advocacy groups helps drive &#8220;a wedge between Disney and the Chinese Communist Party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Some of the advocates seeking an audience with Disney remain skeptical that the company will change how it deals with China. &#8220;It&#8217;s hard to see how Disney can make this right,&#8221; said Uyghur Human Rights Project executive director Omer Kanat, &#8220;but they certainly need to try.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Disney has agreed to meet with Uyghur groups after a report by the Washington Free Beacon revealed that the company had backed out of a planned meeting to discuss its relationship with Beijing. 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