Actor Donnie Yen introduced a performance at the Oscars award ceremony on Sunday night, amidst protests outside the venue over his ties to the Chinese Communist Party and lack of support for the 2019 protest movement in Hong Kong. The Star Wars actor introduced a performance of best song nominee “This is a Life” from “Everything Everywhere All at Once” which swept the Academy Awards including a best actress win for Michelle Yeoh, despite growing calls on the event organizers to uninvite him, with critics citing his support for Beijing’s official propaganda about the city’s pro-democracy movement. Prominent pro-democracy activists and Chinese dissidents gathered outside the Dolby Theater on Sunday night, holding up banners satirizing Yen’s support for the Chinese Communist Party, including a photo of him with supreme leader Xi Jinping. “Say no to CCP puppet. Say no to Donnie Yen,” read one banner, while another said: “Donnie Yen

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