Chinese funded movie Monster Hunter pulled for whack joke

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The controversial scene involves an Asian-American character, played by Jin Au-Yeung (pictured, far right), and his Caucasian screen partner as they banter. Jin shouts to his partner: 'Look at my knees.' His companion asks: 'What kind of knees are these?' Jin jokes: 'Chinese'


The official social media account of the Committee of the Communist Youth League of China took a swipe at the film by posting the line 'what kind of knees are these?' with an image carrying the words 'Floyds, Can you breathe?'

The post, which has been taken down, apparently tried to condemn racism in America by linking the film with George Floyd's death, which sparked the Black Lives Matter protests across the world.

Moreover, the matter took an intriguing twist when posts and topic pages condemning the film in China started to disappear one after another from the country's social media platforms.
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A search by MailOnline on Monday showed no hashtags or trending topics of the film on Weibo, the Chinese equivalent to Twitter. Instead, a warning reading 'topic pages are not shown in accordance with relevant laws and policies' appeared.

The rare, reverse censorship is speculated to be linked to the fact that the film is co-produced by Chinese internet giant Tencent.

 

It’s a video game movie funded by a large Chinese company