There are some strange rumors going around, some say that Uni didn't even bother to make an application for the film, and some officials is reported to have said that he did not think DM2 would do good business in the country, and it was even reported by some mainstreams news outlets in the west that the reason for this is because the minions resemble a certain Chinese leader of the past lol. But in any case, since the recent revelations that the CF group didn't pay any Hollywood studio the agreed share of their movies' gross at all in the last 10 months, it's not like Uni will miss it that much. It's only lost 'gross' on paper.