""I didn't notice any warning signs In the festival statement, I even expressed hope that the festival could soon return to China. I didn't want it to become an event in exile," Zhu told DW."
""not to do anything harmful to the country.""
"The move "demonstrates the Chinese government's aim to control what the world sees and learns about China," said Yalkun Uluyol, a China researcher at Human Rights Watch, in a press release."
Photos of empty cinemas were circulated online as a protest against a crackdown on independent Chinese films. Zhu Rikun, curator of the New York–based IndieChina Film Festival, canceled the festival on November 6 after pressure linked to the Chinese government. A call from his father urged him not to "do anything harmful to the country." Almost all Chinese filmmakers withdrew their films and foreign guests faced harassment. Wuhan Berlin Film Week in China also unexpectedly canceled, suggesting similar pressure. Human Rights Watch characterized the move as demonstrating the Chinese government's aim to control what the world sees and learns about China.
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