BEIJING (Reuters) - China has censored part of the latest instalment of hit Hollywood movie "Pirates of the Caribbean" for "vilifying and defacing the Chinese", the official Xinhua news agency said on Friday. The role of Hong Kong star Chow Yun-Fat, who plays pirate lord Captain Sao Feng, had been slashed in half to just about 10 minutes of screen time, the report said. It cited local magazine The Popular Cinema as saying: "The captain played by Chow is bald, his face heavily scarred. He also has a long beard and long nails, whose image is still in line with Hollywood's old tradition of demonising the Chinese." "Chinese censors also cut Chow's line in which he states 'Welcome to Singapore' because it hints Singapore is a land of pirates ...," Xinhua added. It quoted Zhang Pimin, deputy head of the film bureau of the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, as saying the cuts had been made "according to the country's relevant regulations on film censorship" and "China's actual conditions". The cuts "will not impair either the continuity of plot or the image of characters," said Zhang, declining to provide more details. Still, "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", has already performed well at the Chinese box office, Xinhua added, earning 1.18 million yuan (78,550 pounds) on its first day in Shanghai alone. This is not the first time a Hollywood film has angered the Chinese censor. Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning "The Departed" ran into trouble due to its mention of a Chinese plan to buy military equipment, government sources told Reuters earlier this year. But censorship on the big screen has little impact in China, where pirated, uncut versions of the latest movies can easily be bought on the street for around $1. http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKPEK19683420070615?feedType=RSS
Wow I'm actually surprised at that... I thought US was the one with heavy censoring and not china, since US fully censored Dragonball Z while China/Hong Kong didn't
^yeh all countries have their "own" censorship but china does it in a non-subtle way, if they dont like the looks of something, they will straight up censor it out unlike countries that may place it under the guise of national security or some bs haha
why censor "Welcome to Singapore"? Singapore is not in China; if Singapore government doesn't mind, funny why China would do that. China - the next world police?
And I thought Chow Yun Fat's character was cool, but he coulda lost the long nails lol! I dont mind the scars that much.. just tells of a pirate who's fought a lot of battles.. do Singapore pirates speak canto? that's wat they were speaking in the movie, right? Well anyways going back to the censorship thing...? I guess every country has their own censor thing going on... is china trying to protect the image of neighbor Asian countries or what? "Welcome to Singapore"...
well there are chinese people in malaysia, and yeh possibly because its a neighbour, china deemed it still harmful
Yes, most people download the movies. Umm, what I think is... in my post about the banning of Death Note. HAHA, Ab289, "China - the next world police?" Gotta love that statement. Hahaha. XDDD ~Nightfire
pretty sensitive folk at that censor office.... nice they have ways to around these censorships ..and just download it from internet...or buy it for $ 1 at the strees -lol
Wow, the Chinese government surely is touchy these days... Perhaps it has something to do with the upcoming Olympics... they are probably scared to death for bad reps and rumours right now... -devil
they need to worry about the "real" pirates in China instead of movie portrayals....what a bunch of retards....
US only censored Fighting scenes because they didnt want children to get ideas, and people wont feel like crap when they see a lot of blood when eating breakfast. Chinese have tight censorship on Adult content as you prob would know that recently china has blocked a lot of Adult sites from the internet access and its a crime for viewing indecent material.
Singapore may be beside Malaysia but she is no way a neighbour of China I don't even know why would China care about a "Pirate" saying "Welcome to Singapore" when: 1. Singapore is not part of China 2. Singapore is no where near China 3. Although there are Chinese in Singapore, they do not consider themselves PRC 4. Singapore is a multi-racial country 5. Why would China care when Singaporeans treat it as a joke Wonder if it is some PRC agenda *rolls eyes*
They censored just banal stuff. I think nobody cares about long nails, scars or the "Welcome to Singapore" at all.
Time to time the censors have to show some efficiency so why not to do it in this movie where nobody can complain about it. Better cut few images then half of the story.
