CCP’s Top Propaganda Body Orders State Media Outlets to Downplay Upcoming Oscars Ceremony

CCP’s Top Propaganda Body Orders State Media Outlets to Downplay Upcoming Oscars Ceremony
Chloe Zhao attends the drive-in premiere of "Nomadland" hosted by Fox Searchlight and the Telluride Film Festival at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, on Sept. 11, 2020. Amy Sussman/Getty Images
Frank Yue
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Weeks ahead of the 93rd Oscars ceremony, scheduled for April 25 this year, Chinese authorities are said to have ordered state media outlets to downplay the event, with China’s state broadcaster CCTV saying it will cancel its planned live streaming.

According to Radio Free Asia (RFA), sources said that the decision was made by the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) top propaganda body—the Publicity Department shortly after the films Do Not Split and Nomadland were listed among the award nominees by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on March 15.
Frank Yue
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Frank Yue is a Canada-based journalist for The Epoch Times who covers China-related news. He also holds an M.A. in English language and literature from Tianjin Foreign Studies University, China.
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