Hong Kong martial art movie star Donnie Yen, appointed as a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, faces backlash for his political comments in an exclusive interview with GQ Hype on Feb. 28.
In response to Yen’s comments, Hong Kong netizens organized a petition to urge the Oscars to cancel Donnie Yen as an award presenter of the evening, amid his support to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and condoning its human rights violation.
During the interview with the British magazine GQ Hype, Donnie Yen was asked about the boycott campaign against his film in 2019. He responded, “It was not a protest, ok? It was a riot.”…