Oh, I never thought I’d be so interested in what’s going on in China. But last week brought a plethora of steaming headlines to, hmmm…, arouse my attention.

First, Steven Spielberg’s decision to quit his role as artistic adviser to the upcoming Beijing Olympics. One wonders whether this decision will indeed make a change in China’s foreign policy, as far as it applies to the crimes against humanities China is performing either directly (in Tibet) or indirectly (in Darfur). But one has to appreciate Spielberg’s decision to bow out in favor of his conscience. Also, it signifies the ability of the media to make a change: this withdrawal is probably in response to Mia Farrow’s brave editorial in The Wall Street Journal about a year ago. Kudos to both.

On the more sensationalist side, this crazy Chinese sex scandal has been making headlines in China and Hong Kong. It seems an actor called Edison Chen, who even has a roll in the upcoming “The Dark Knight”, has been avidly photographing his many lovers, most of them well known actresses and singers, nude or having sex. 1,300 of these photos were on his laptop when a repair guy found them and uploaded all of them to the internet. Now Chen and his many mistresses are in trouble because of the strict anti-decadence laws in China (I don’t really know what that means).
Ironically, one of the “stars” in Mr. Chen’s private porno shoots is wholesome pop singer Gillian Chung, who turned out to be not as virginal as her public persona claims to be.

The following pictures are NSFW (not-safe-for-work) and are actually also NSFH (not-safe-for-home). View them at your discretion:

Edison Chen photographing a nude Gillian Chung
Edison Chen and a not-so-wholesome Gillian Chung
A naked Mandy Chen
A naked Cecilia Cheung