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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Amazon s expats series not available in hong kong where it is set - The Untold Story

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Actors Nicole Kidman and Brian Tee in a scene from The Expats film.
The first two episodes of Expats, starring Nicole Kidman and Brian Tee, were listed as unavailable for viewers in Hong Kong. Photograph: AP

Amazon’s big-ticket series Expats, set and filmed in Hong Kong, is not available for viewing in the city despite being billed as a worldwide release.

The first two episodes of the drama, starring Nicole Kidman and directed by The Farewell’s Lulu Wang, were released on Friday but listed as “currently unavailable” for viewers in Hong Kong. The series, based on a 2016 novel, The Expatriates, focuses on the lives of three American women in Hong Kong.

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