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2.A film about rural outcasts made waves in China
Until it was pulled from cinemas https://t.co/t1c6wvkmcd

— 巴丢草 Bad ї ucao (@badiucao) September 27, 2022

"Return to Dust" was pulled from streaming services in China and any mention of the film has been banned on Weibo. pic.twitter.com/zn64BlZewp

— Mayte Chummia (@Maytechummia) September 27, 2022

Even discussing the hardships of rural life in China is off limits to Chinese censors: a popular Chinese film depicting a love story amid those hardships is removed from all streaming services, and discussion of it is censored on social media. https://t.co/qCZcwlnhvc

— Kenneth Roth (@KenRoth) September 29, 2022