Oscars Overseas Reactions: China Media Mostly Mum But Korea, Denmark, UK Politicians Exuberant

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefIf it is not one thing then it is another. China’s entertainment-tech sector is feeling blow upon blow from an ongoing regulatory crackdown.Companies such as Alibaba and Tencent which have been huge forces for modernization of China’s economy are repeatedly being fined and castigated by different regulators.

Gemma Chan is speaking out about the ongoing anti-Asian racism happening in the United Kingdom, as well as all over the world.

Rebecca Davis editorMove over, “Nomadland” — Italy’s “Pinocchio” is now set to become the first film nominated at this year’s Oscars to hit China.Although Chloé Zhao’s film nabbed best picture and two other major prizes at the Academy Awards on Sunday, it was pulled quietly from its planned China release on April 23 in the wake of nationalist backlash against her there.

Chloé Zhao’s history-making Oscars sweep, winning best director and best picture, is being met with a muted response in her country of birth, and even censorship.

Denmark is raising a glass to its Oscar winners, celebrating Thomas Vinterberg, whose dramedy Another Round won best international film, and Mikkel Nielsen, who took home the Academy Award for best sound editing on Sound of Metal. "Huge Danish Victory!" shouted the headline of Danish tabloid BT, which blasted the news early Monday morning, local time, that Vinterberg's Another Round had won the Oscar for best international film.

Chinese filmmaker Chloé Zhao's Nomadland was the unmistakable big winner at the 93rd Academy Awards Sunday night, taking home best picture, best director and best actress. In a piece of potent history, Zhao became the first Asian woman, the first Chinese woman and first woman of color to win the top directing prize at theOscars.

history-making sweep at the Oscars was almost entirely censored in her China amid accusations that she previously insulted her homeland.The New York University graduate on Sunday became the first woman of color to win best director, while her “Nomadland” is only the second film directed by a woman to take home honors for best picture.Yet her groundbreaking night was ignored and censored in her homeland as she remained embroiled in a backlash over a recently unearthed 2013 interview in which she

Nomadland has swept the Oscars with wins for its director Chloe Zhao and its lead Frances McDormand as well as best film - with British stars Daniel Kaluuya and Emerald Fennell also among the winners. Zhao, who was born in China, is the first woman from an ethnically diverse background to win the Academy Award for directing, and the second woman in history, after Kathryn Bigelow's triumph 11 years ago for The Hurt Locker.

win an Oscar for best director for her film Nomadland. But in China, Zhao’s country of birth, posts about her victory were removed and Weibo searches for her Chinese name returned results about a low-level official who had volunteered to promote a local Covid-19 vaccination drive.

Gallery: Which movies or people have won the most Oscars? (Espresso)Emerald Fennell, Promising Young WomanBest Animated Feature:SoulBest International Feature Film:Another Round, Thomas Vinterberg, (Denmark)Best Documentary:My Octopus TeacherBest Cinematography:Erik Messerschmidt, MankBest Costume Design:Ma Rainey's Black BottomBest Film Editing:Sound of MetalBest Makeup and Hairstyling:Ma Rainey's Black BottomBest Original Score:Soul by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, and Jon BatisteBest Original

Academy Awards, where the China-born Zhao became the first woman of color to win best director and a historically diverse group of winners took home awards.In the biggest surprise of a socially distanced Oscar ceremony held during the pandemic, best actor went to Anthony Hopkins for his performance in the dementia drama “The Father." The award had been widely expected to go to Chadwick Boseman for his final performance in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” The night’s last award, it ended the ceremony

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Chloe Zhao's history-making Oscars sweep, winning best director and best picture, is being met with a muted response in her country of birth, and even instances of censorship.Zhao's “Nomadland” is the second film directed by a woman to win a best picture Oscar. She is the first woman of color and second woman ever to win the Oscars for best director.Yet, in China, where Zhao was born, her history-making success has not been trumpeted or celebrated.

Best Original Screenplay“Judas and the Black Messiah”“Minari”“Promising Young Woman” *WINNER“Sound of Metal”“The Trial of the Chicago 7”Best Adapted Screenplay“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”“The Father” *WINNER“Nomadland”“One Night in Miami”“The White Tiger”Best International Feature“Another Round,” Denmark *WINNER“Better Days,” Hong Kong“Collective,” Romania“The Man Who Sold His Skin,” Tunisia“Quo Vadis, Aida?,” Bosnia & HerzegovinaBest Supporting ActorSacha Baron Cohen, “The Trial of the Chicago