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Hollywood heartthrob Brad Pitt made waves on Monday with his first post on Chinese social media, a cryptic message suggesting he would soon visit the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“It is the truth. Yup, I’m coming…”, said the initial entry on the star’s verified account on Sina Weibo<\/strong>, one of China’s hugely popular Twitter-like microblogs.<\/p>\n

It was unclear if the message from the star of “Fight Club”, “Spy Game”, “Ocean’s Eleven” and other films meant that he would be physically coming to China.<\/p>\n

Various Internet movie sites say Pitt was banned from entering the country after starring in “Seven Years in Tibet”.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 1997, the state-run China Daily said that Hollywood would “never be forgiven” for a series of films on the region, specifically citing Pitt’s movie, along with Richard Gere’s “Red Corner” and “Kundun”, directed by Martin Scorsese.<\/p>\n

China has long waged a campaign against Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama<\/strong>, whom Beijing accuses of seeking independence for the troubled region, and the paper said the films “totally distorted historical facts and events”.<\/p>\n

But Pitt’s Weibo account was an instant hit on Monday, drawing more than 100,000 followers within six hours of his first post.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Bring Jolie along”, said one comment, referring to Pitt’s glamorous partner actress Angelina Jolie.<\/p>\n

China imposes strict controls on the Internet and blocks sites popular in the West such as such as Twitter and Facebook.<\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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