JET LI - CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND ACTORS CLASH OVER CENSORSHIP

CHINESE GOVERNMENT AND ACTORS CLASH OVER CENSORSHIP

One day after Jet Li, one of China's most successful film stars, called for a relaxation of censorship in his country, the chairman of China Film Group called for greater emphasis on patriotism in Chinese movies. In an interview appearing on the Chinese website Sina.com, Han Saping urged colleagues to extol China's economic progress. "There can't be anyone who makes fun of it. People who do either have ulterior motives or they're mentally challenged. Over the weekend, Jet Li said that his 2000 hit film Romeo Must Die were banned by Chinese censors because the characters included Chinese gangsters. In such characters were to be banned, he said, "It leaves only the ancient Chinese stories to be produced."

20/08/2007