China celebrated Taiwanese director Ang Lee's Oscar triumph today, even though his gay cowboy romance, Brokeback Mountain, is banned in the country.
"Ang Lee is the pride of Chinese people all over the world, and he is the glory of Chinese cinematic talent," the official China Daily newspaper said on its front page today.
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