Blame it on Bjork, Spielberg and Sharon Stone

Note to self: never plan a trip to Hong Kong. China says it will ban foreign artists and entertainers who have ever engaged in activities deemed to "threaten national sovereignty." Chinese event organizers will be expected to scrutinize acts and material and ban any performance that might threaten national unity, stir ethnic hatred or violate Beijing's strict policy on state-approved religions and "cultural norms." So, basically, China will ban your ass if you criticize them! We blame Bjork who yelled, "Tibet, Tibet, Tibet" after performing her song Declare Independence live in Shanghai. Then there was uber director Steven Spielberg, who dropped his name from an Olympic committee cause he is opposed to China's practice of doing business with the genocidal Sudanese government. We wonder which artists will be China P.C. for the... [read full story]