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Formerly blacklisted actress Tang Wei to play Mao Zedong’s first girlfriend in Party film

Actress Tang Wei (汤唯), who was blacklisted from appearing in Chinese films or on TV for a time, has been rehabilitated: she is to play Mao Zedong’s first love in a new film called The Founding of the Party, a prequel to the state-produced smash hit that was produced in 2009 to celebrate 60 years of the People’s Republic of China and Communist Party rule.

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Actress Tang Wei to appear in White Deer Plain?

Wang Quan’an (王全安) is the director of Apart, Together (团圆), which won the 2010 Berlin Film Festival’s Silver Bear for Best Screenplay. In today’s tabloid City Sun, published from Rizhao in Shandong, an article centers on the speculation that director Wang has his eye on Tang Wei (汤唯) for the female lead of White Deer Plain (白鹿原). Scenes of an explicit sexual nature had meant that the movie rights for the novel were off-limits for some years.

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A petition to stop the ban on Tang Wei

This was originally found on 郝建 (a professer of 北影 and a movie critic)’s blog,

http://blog.sina.com.cn/haojianblog. It is no longer there now, but can still be found on various other websites.

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Wang Xiaofeng: Why is SARFT so uptight?

A translation of a Wang Xiaofeng blog post about SARFT and their ban on actress Tang Wei.

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The travails of Tudou and Tang Wei

More information about recent Tudou shut down orders, and the banning of actress Tang Wei.

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Danwei Picks: The disappearing news story

Was it terrorism? And the Olympics?; Africa Town in Guangzhou; Louise Blouin MacBain; Ang Lee protests the Tang Wei blackout; Hu in a Mao suit.

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Has SARFT gone insane?

Banned. Maybe. SARFT‘s recent banning of Lust, Caution actress Tang Wei has caused a fuss in the entertainment industry in China and Hong Kong, and prompted Lust, Caution director Ang Lee to write a letter of protest about the blacklisting. … Continue reading

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Tang Wei too hot for TV

Tang Wei (汤唯) possibly banned from TV by prudish regulators.

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