Beijing: Imagine if, after arresting a wave of celebrities on drug charges, US government officials pressed the heads of major Hollywood studios, A-list actors, record-label chiefs and chart-topping singers to sign promises that they would stay away from vices like drugs, pornography and gambling. Simultaneously, substance-abusing performers found their films shut out of cinemas, forcing producers into hasty reshoots and re-edits. And news media began running editorials criticising top directors for failing to inform on associates they had seen smoking pot or taking Ecstasy. In China, this is not fanciful. With China developing a hearty appetite for marijuana,...
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