China deletes all recent records of Oscar winner Chloe Zhao from social network Weibo / Article / LSM.lv

All recent records of Beijing-born director Chloe Zhao, who is now zero, have been deleted from the Chinese social network Weibo on Monday. won an Oscar for the film “Nomadland” (“The Land of the Wanderers”). –

The 39-year-old Zhao is the first female director of Asian descent and the second woman to receive an Oscar in the Best Director category.

Nomadland also received an award for Best Film at the US Academy Awards on Sunday, while film star Francis McDormand won an Oscar for Best Actress.

But on Weibo on Monday, all recent records of Zhao and Nomadland mysteriously disappeared. The Chinese media is also silent about her triumph at the Oscars.

Initially, Chinese state media praised Zhao’s success at the Golden Globe Ceremony in March, where Nomadland was named Best Dramatic Film, while Zhao received the Golden Globe in the Best Director category. But then Zhao’s statements from an old interview in which she criticized China spread on social media.

Chinese cinemas then refused to show Nomadland, which was also not broadcast on Chinese television and streaming channels.

After receiving the Oscar, Zhao said that he had thought a lot lately about how to proceed in the face of difficulties. She also quoted a line of poetry that expressed the idea that people are good at birth. Many “Weibo” users praised Zhao’s speech before all records about him were deleted.

Weibo initially flooded records of Zhao’s success at the Oscars, including her name as China’s pride, noting that the Chinese very rarely win Oscars. The social network also criticized the harsh censorship that internet users face in China.

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