The Chinese say they don't like the way that Chow Yun-Fat portrays them in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End", and so have cut about half of his time in the movie out of the film, said the state news agency.
According to Xinhua, it had "been slashed in half by censors in China for vilifying and defacing the Chinese." Originally the movie included about 20 minutes of Chow, the new version only had about 10 minutes with him in the scenes.
Citing a national Chinese magazine, Popular Cinema, Xinhua added: "The captain starring Chow is bald, his face heavily scarred, he also wears a long beard and has long nails, images still in line with Hollywood's old tradition of demonizing the Chinese."
This was Chow first role in the film, in which he played Captain Sao Feng, lord of the South China Sea.
Even with all the hoopla, the film brought a record $1.3 million on its opening day in China, said Disney (DIS).
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