Agnes: "Plus, I think Taiwan's current political state is a total joke. The comments are more like a pot calling the kettle black."
I don't care for it either when comment boards get hijacked - in this case, by discussions about Taiwan/China which have little to do with the article at hand, but you are surely guilty yourself of stirring the pot.

Lan, London, UK

Such an act is outrageous! Blacklisting an actress without a clearly stated reason? That is totally unfair and unjust. Also, if the film is a problem indeed, why is only the lead actress suffering from the consequence, but not the whole production team? We definitely need an answer for this question.

Also, is the comments by Jim H. (from Taipei) related to this article at all? Because I am confused. Plus, I think Taiwan's current political state is a total joke. The comments are more like a pot calling the kettle black.

Agnes, London, UK

I am very disappointed ,I will do everything to support her.

ZIMO_HAN, dalian, CHINA

I think its a shame, that because an excellent actress plays a character that is provocative, her country turns their back on her.

Its disgusting that humans are subjected this way. Whatever happened to free will?

Their are plenty of actresses and actors in the UK that have played parts of a similar fashion, but we didn't turn our backs on them.

I wish her the best of luck for the future :)

Sam, Rugby,

Betty,

Please tell me when the last time any Chinese authority has stepped foot in Taiwan, PRC flag flown here, or any actual control over what Taiwan does? Taiwan has its own military, democratically elected leaders (PRC does not), universal Taiwan heath care (PRC also does not have), and most important FREEDOM OF SPEECH and citizens are not brainwashed with the government line of "Taiwan is not independent".

In many ways Taiwan is more of a country than China is.

Jim H., Taipei , TAIWAN

I just put in the key word Tang Wei in Chinese on www.google.cn and guess what, her name still appears there and every link works perfectly.
I know China has a long way to go and as Gary Snyder says, "The negative side, though, is that China has been the most centralized, bureaucratic, civilized culture on earth for the longest time; unquestionable because of that, much was lost within and without. Much diversity was lost... So I feel ambivalent about China." However, to forge some evidence cannot help in this regard.

Lu, Quanzhou, China

Until the Chinese government can grow up and stop behaving like petulant fools, noone is going to take China seriously as a world player. With leadership comes responsibility, and China continues to avoid any world responsibility or leadership (take Darfur in Sudan and Burma as prime examples). I'd laugh if it wasn't so deeply unfunny.

Damian Goodman, Melbourne, Australia

And this new development by the Chinese government is supposed to heighten its country's reputation and 'morality'? Until the govt learns to grow up, China will never be a serious world player. With leadership comes responsibility too, and Darfur in Sudan and Burma are two prime examples of why China is still not ready to stand up onthe world stage.

Damian Goodman, Melbourne, Australia

"Lust Caution" is by no way a great work. Its weapon of attracting a big audience is LUST itself. And for the actress, to get fame by merely selling her body, should of course be discouraged, if not totally banned.

Joe, New York, USA

"...and has been a huge hit in China and in Hong Kong and Taiwan."There's a serious mistake in this sentence. Both Hong Kong and Taiwan are parts of China. These two areas cannot stand side by side with China, which is a state. Just like we can't say "in British and Scotland and Walsh".

Betty, Guangzhou, China

It is all good to say that she could use her publicity to her advantage, but persecution could be damaging in ways inexplicable. She has been an amazing actress and HAS contributed significantly to the world of cinema. Personally, I think the HongKong and Taiwanese film industry should take the responsibility of shielding her and prevent her from falling into nonentity. She is after all only human and lets not forget the tyranny of the masses.

As an artist, it will be wonderful to assist her in channeling these experiences into acting.

An additional note: her shot to fame is sure to catch the attention of Hollywood but, to encourage diversity, I would prefer to see her incorporated into efforts to produce alternative aesthetics in the cinematic world.

Calvin , Singapore, Singapore

Yes,it is not alaways says the real thing to pepole about other country.You can not discuss voluntarinely the things that not investigated.

JIMEs LIAO, zhuzhou, China

Zhang Yong, mass media is good at turning a no news into either good or bad news whatever as they like, and vice versa.

chen, beijing, china

If the Chinese don't want here we'll have her down here in Australia; She's gorgeous!

Mike, Melton, Australia

I don't think it will be that bad for her. Actually, for the entertainment industry, the rule is ' any news is good news, no news is bad news'. If she is smart enough, she should know how to use this to get more popular.

ZHANG Yong, Hong Kong,

"Discussions about the film and Tang on online forums in China have been deleted from the internet. Her name no longer appears in a Google search on the internet in China.".
Incorrect, when searching using both her Chinese name and in western script, there are many articles on Google.cn. Many of these are related to the above mentioned advertising purge, but many date well before this.
Incidentally, Google is not the biggest search engine in China - baidu.cn is, which is used by the majority of Chinese. In fact it is much better for searching in Chinese.

Andrew Smith, Shanghai, China

i hope so

faik, austria, vienna