China: Double standards

Angry Chinese Blogger notes that while the Chinese papers have plastered Oscar-winning Taiwan-born director Ang Lee and his “Brokeback Mountain” all over the headlines, claiming his success as ‘a victory for all Chinese, everywhere’, most papers gloss over the fact that the film is a story of love between two male homosexuals, or that it remains on Beijing's list of prohibited movies.

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