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ARTICLE: “China cancels the release of ‘Geisha,’” by David Barboza, International Herald Tribune, 1 February 2006, p. 11.
You laugh, but Beijing is fearful of the passions unleashed among the young: “… Chinese officials had expressed concern that the public could react strongly to a movie featuring China’s best-known actresses as geishas, which many Chinese consider to be prostitutes.”
Of course, don’t expect the same officials to get off their asses and stop the street sales of bootleg DVD copies of the same movie. And if that doesn’t rock your boat, “many Chinese Web sites are now offering illegal free downloads of the movie with Chinese subtitles.”
Yes, yes, the Chinese Communist Party rules the web all right.
Rising connectivity, as it brings peoples together who haven't been so connected in the past, will always spike feelings of racism, nationalism, etc., especially among the young--something I cover in BFA.
But you know what? They grow up, and they get over it.
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