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China's New Artist Policy Could Ban Spielberg

Posted Jul 18, 08 4:33 PM CDT in Arts & Living,  World 

(Newser) – Steven Spielberg or his films could be banned from China under the new rules barring artists seen as a threat to national sovereignty, the Hollywood Reporter notes. Spielberg rankled Chinese leadership when he publicly withdrew from an artistic advisory board for the Beijing Olympics in protest of the nation’s trade arrangements with Sudan.

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In this May 18, 2008. file photo, director Steven Spielberg is seen at a "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" press conference in Cannes.   (AP Photo)
Steven Spielberg irked China's leaders by withdrawing from a committee planning the opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics in protest of the country's trade relationship with Sudan.   (AP Photo)
Director Steven Spielberg arrives for the 79th Academy Awards in Los Angeles in this 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo)
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