[ranger_danger]

How is it different? It's still not US authorities shutting down a US festival as the title would make you believe...

I understand this is pressure from China, that they were threatened and that yes this is a horrible situation. All I'm saying is the actual decision to shut down the festival was not (and cannot) be made by China.

[derkster]

I see what you're saying, I didn't make the assumption it was the US authorities, simply that an authoritative entity was involved. In this case, that entity applied enough pressure to directors to make the organizers feel the need to cancel the event. I consider the headline to be clickbait, but obviously we drew very different conclusions from it.

I hear you though, clickbait gonna clickbait.

[Incipient]

I don't find either the HN or original title to be clickbait. The Chinese govt shut down a film festival in new York - seems to be exactly what it is?