Disney Wanted to Make a Splash in China With ‘Mulan.’ It Stumbled Instead.
LOS ANGELES — Executives at Walt Disney Studios were celebrating. “Mulan,” a $200 million live-action spectacle five years in the making, had arrived on Disney’s streaming service to strong reviews, with critics lauding its ravishing scenery and thrilling battle sequences.
The abundant controversies that had dogged “Mulan” over its gestation