Reuters: A livestream of the Academy Awards in Shanghai hosted by the alma mater of Oscar-winner Chloe Zhao ran into China's Great Firewall, with the organiser's access to his virtual private network (VPN) service blocked for nearly two hours. https://reut.rs/3vwUN6b 
Reuters: About 30 people gathered at a small bar to support Zhao as early as 8:00 a.m. local time and watch the awards live on YouTube.
But the screening...didn't start until 10 a.m., when organiser Kevin Ke got his VPN service to work.
Reuters: "They cut the VPN," Ke said earlier in heated tones as he struggled to get the screening under way.

Ke told Reuters that his WeChat account was shut down after he wrote a post praising Zhao.
Reuters: Zhao's win came on the back of rising nationalism in China. In March, Chinese netizens said Zhao had insulted China and questioned her nationality after digging up an interview Zhao gave in 2013 in which she was critical of the country.
Reuters: Information on "Nomadland"...has been scrubbed from Chinese ticketing platforms, film review websites and social media.
The film's release, slated for April 23 in mainland China, was suspended. Chinese regulators have also directed local media not to broadcast the Oscars
Reuters: Video snippets of Zhao's acceptance of the best director award were posted on Chinese social media on Monday.
Reuters: "I was a bit surprised that Zhao did not use Mandarin to say thank you," said a netizen on China's Twitter-like microblog Weibo. "Bong Joon-ho spoke in his native language, and strives for the right to speak Korean in the international arena."
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