[caption id="attachment_2689" align="alignnone" width="380" caption="Will Evans, courtesy Liz Thomas, via MSNBC story"][/caption] MSNBC has a China blog called "Behind the Wall," and as the name might suggest, it targets an American audience that may not be as familiar with China as those of us here on the ground ("behind the wall" sounds a lot like "other side of the world," i.e. a throwaway cliche one scr ...

[caption id="attachment_2038" align="alignnone" width="480" caption="If you're offended by Kate Winslet's nipple, you should not watch Heavenly Creatures, Jude, Titanic, Hideous Kinky, Holy Smoke, Quills, Iris, Little Children, or The Reader"][/caption] Earlier this week I came across a story on Offbeat China about Kate Winslet's breasts being censored in the Chinese theatrical release of Titanic 3D ...

The article in question was actually published yesterday, so please don't be misled by the use of "today" in the title. It's just an expression. Some reporters got "assaulted" in Panhe, Guangdong, and though we don't know the extent of anyone's injuries (just a minor detail, right guys?), MSNBC's "Behind the Wall" China blog decided to "report" on the incident, using a Foreign Correspondents Club of China e ...