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Nomadland director Chloe Zhao feted and slammed on Chinese social media

When director Chloe Zhao, 38, became the first Asian woman to win a Golden Globe for best director for Nomadland,social media in China was abuzz.

Even though not many of the Chinese netizens have had the chance to watch the film, about a woman living as a modern-day nomad in rural Nevada after the economy collapsed in 2008, they were quick to claim the Beijing-born director as one of their own.

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