In any case, foreign edits of American movies have gone on since movies have been made. In some cases, the American version of a foreign film was the one that was censored.
I’d give odds that you are right—and the writer of the article doesn’t want to hint that Chinese culture is homophobic for fear of seeming racist.
Journalism is dead.
So they accommodate the ChComs but you offend US Christians no problem.
“Was it a gay kiss? “
Unless one of them transgendered, the answer is no.
Yoson is a guy and Liu is a girl, a rather cute girl when she smiles.
I do not object to the Chinese policy. IMO what really spoils a movie is just about any raw or perverted sex scene. For some reason Hollywood has just got to throw that crap into a movie or TV show. The T & A shown today would have been X rated before the 60’s cultural revolution.
We watched a classic Errol Flynn movie the other day with a romantic scene. He kissed his girl near a bed, then the scene changed to something else. What was accomplished here is it was obvious they made love, only without the pornography.
I’ve also noticed foreign films to not have all the raw sex Hollywood does.