Amazon’s Expats series not available in Hong Kong, where it is set

First two episodes inaccessible to viewers in city, with some attributing censorship to scenes set against umbrella protests

Amazon's big-ticket series Expats, set and filmed in Hong Kong, is not available for viewing inside 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 2014 novel, The Expatriates, focuses on the lives of three American women in Hong Kong.