Academy Award winner Christian Bale, in the midst of promoting a film he made in China that some critics have called propaganda, has been stopped tiresome to visit a blind activist living under house arrest — with a CNN camera crew in tow.
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Civil rights activists have criticized a Hollywood studio for filming a buddy comedy in an eastern Chinese city where a blind, self-taught activist lawyer is being held under house arrest and reportedly beaten.
China plans to limit reality TV shows and other light fare shown on satellite television stations as part of a drive to extort back Communist Party control over cultural industries that have fueled more independent viewpoints.
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AP – Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates is visiting China to raise awareness of the dangers of secondhand smoke.
AP – Toxic bean sprouts, filthy cooking oil, drug-tainted pork: The relentless headlines in Chinese media have churned up queasy feelings for months about the dangers lurking in the state’s dinner bowls.
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