{"id":11665,"date":"2011-12-20T18:12:46","date_gmt":"2011-12-20T18:12:46","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-12-20T18:12:46","modified_gmt":"2011-12-20T18:12:46","slug":"China-says-Christian-Bale-should-feel-embarrassed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=11665","title":{"rendered":"China says Christian Bale should feel embarrassed"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Chinese government spokesman says Christian Bale should feel embarrassed for trying to visit an activist while he was in the country to promote a movie that China <\/a>has submitted for an Oscar.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Bale was physically stopped by government-backed guards from visiting blind activist Chen Guangcheng in eastern China last week. A CNN crew he was traveling with recorded the scuffle.<\/p>\n

Asked whether the publicity has been embarrassing, Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin said Wednesday he thought the actor should feel embarrassed not China.<\/p>\n

He says the actor was invited by director Zhang Yimou to attend the opening ceremony of the film “The Flowers of War.”<\/p>\n

Lui said:<\/strong> “He was not invited to fabricate news or shoot films in a certain village.”<\/p>\n

Wow! This is becoming so controversial!<\/strong><\/p>\n

See interviews with Christian Bale and Zhang Yimou in China<\/strong>
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