Adam Minter, Columnist

Chinese 'Titanic' Fans Ask, Where's Our 3-D Nude Scene?

April 18, 2012 at 9:12 PM UTC

Adam Minter is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering the business of sports. He is the author, most recently, of “Secondhand: Travels in the New Global Garage Sale."

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China's latest, notorious case of censorship has nothing to do with politics. Rather, it’s about actress Kate Winslet’s 15-year-old nude scene in the film "Titanic."

On April 10, the 3-D edition of the film was released in China minus the scene. What makes the government's decision to cut it particularly controversial is that officials did not tamper with the scene when the original, conventional version of the movie was released in China in 1998.