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01-24-2010, 12:12 PM
BEIJING (AFP) – Two Chinese pop stars have become the first victims of a ban on the use of lip-syncing in concerts introduced last year following controversy over the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.
Starlets Yin Youcan and Fang Ziyuan resorted to miming during a concert they gave in September in the southwest province of Sichuan, the Beijing News reported Saturday.
It was the first case brought against lip-syncing performers since the authorities introduced the ban, the Beijing Youth Daily said.
The ministry for culture in August issued a regulation allowing for fines for singers who lip-synced, saying the practice "misled the public."
The two young singers will have to pay a total fine of 80,000 yuan (about 12,000 dollars), according to authorities quoted by the newspaper.
China pop stars face fine for lip-syncing - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100123/od_afp/chinaculturemusicrightsoffbeat_20100123095703)
Between the out-lawing lip-syncing and holding business criminals accountable! :baaa:
The former chairwoman of China's Sanlu dairy was sentenced to life in prison and three others received death sentences Thursday in a tainted milk scandal ...
Death sentences in China tainted milk case - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/22/china.tainted.milk/)
Its a big country and they have a lot of crapple to address, but in some areas they have gold stars!
If only they would add corporal punishment for crimes more severe than common and less severe than capital.
:umm:
Starlets Yin Youcan and Fang Ziyuan resorted to miming during a concert they gave in September in the southwest province of Sichuan, the Beijing News reported Saturday.
It was the first case brought against lip-syncing performers since the authorities introduced the ban, the Beijing Youth Daily said.
The ministry for culture in August issued a regulation allowing for fines for singers who lip-synced, saying the practice "misled the public."
The two young singers will have to pay a total fine of 80,000 yuan (about 12,000 dollars), according to authorities quoted by the newspaper.
China pop stars face fine for lip-syncing - Yahoo! News (http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100123/od_afp/chinaculturemusicrightsoffbeat_20100123095703)
Between the out-lawing lip-syncing and holding business criminals accountable! :baaa:
The former chairwoman of China's Sanlu dairy was sentenced to life in prison and three others received death sentences Thursday in a tainted milk scandal ...
Death sentences in China tainted milk case - CNN.com (http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/01/22/china.tainted.milk/)
Its a big country and they have a lot of crapple to address, but in some areas they have gold stars!
If only they would add corporal punishment for crimes more severe than common and less severe than capital.
:umm: