Aug

25

2008

After China laid its unofficial official ban on Wei Tang, the talented young actresses has packed up her belonging and moved to Hong Kong. She has also just received denizenship in Hong Kong, allowing her to work legally in Hong Kong.

Wei Tang opened up a lot of eyes with her debut performance in Ang Lee’s “Lust, Caution.” Even though Ang Lee edited the film for the Chinese market, government officials have come down particularly hard on Wei Tang since then. Earlier this year Beijing and Shanghai television stations were given orders to stop reporting on the actress entirely, while all of her commercial promotions have completely vanished as well. What’s even more baffling is that her co-star Tony Leung has had no problems working in China since that time.


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  1. 3 raymond Says: November 17, 2008

    Wei Tang would be welcome in the US. We could always use a movie star who actually has talent.
    If we need to make a deal we could trade Paris Hilton.

  2. 2 neela Says: August 28, 2008

    good for her! her talent shouldn’t have to be shelved forcibly by such an oppressing government. i hope to see her in more films, and i hope she will get the opportunity to work with wong kar wai.

  3. 1 Heavy Industries Says: August 28, 2008

    IT doesn’t make sense that she was banned in China. Its good to see that she is getting work elsewhere. I thought Lust, Caution was decent, not great as a film, but her and Tony Leung’s performances were sublime and transcended the material.