Artist: Faye Wong
Confronting Bodies: Chinese government
Date of Action: November 2003
Specific Location: Beijing, China
Description of Artwork: Chinese Pop-diva Faye Wong's, song, "In the Name of Love," includes a line stating, "Opium is warm and sweet."
Description of Incident: The Chinese censors felt that the reference to opium may evoke sentiments of Western domination of the Chinese and could harm the nation's youth.
Results of Incident: Relevant departments banned the song.
Source: ask.elibrary.com
Submitted By: NCAC
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