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On Nov. 4 when China's Dalian Wanda Groupannouncedit would shell out $1 billion to acquire Dick Clark Productions, the real estate conglomerate thought it had just landed another marquee entertainment company forits growing coffer of U.S. assets that already includes cinema operator AMC Entertainment Holdings (AMC) and film-production company Legendary Entertainment.

But bubbling under the surface of the deal for theAmerican Idol producer was concerns from investors, regulators and entertainment executives in the U.S. and abroad about the deal's viability. Specifically from the typical CFIUS or censorship concerns that normally occur when Chinese buyers target U.S. companies.

"Most of the leaders of China's entertainment industry are here in Los Angeles this week, and there are discussions between them about the concerns in Washington," Rob Cain, a Los Angeles-based film producer and entertainment-industry consultant to Hollywood studios operating in China, told the Wall Street Journal at the time.

And those concerns have proven well-founded, because on March 10, Eldridge Industries, which owns the production studio, said that it had terminated the deal after Beijing-based Wanda "failed to honor its contractual obligations."

But the collapse of Dalian Wanda's $1 billion deal to buy Dick Clark Productions could actually signal a future where U.S.-China deals are increasingly difficult to consummate. And that's because of concerns about the outflow of cash from mainland China overseas.

"It is very likely that 2017 will represent a very difficult year for any outbound China deals to get done. This is due almost exclusively to the increased capital controls," said Christopher Balding, associate professor of finance and economics at the HSBC Business School of Peking University Graduate School. "Beijing has simply been cracking down on capital leaving China so that even many non-investment currency transactions are unable to obtain clearance for international transactions of any kind."

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For-profit newspapers have been banned from the Bruce Township hall after action taken by the Board of Trustees Wednesday.

At the center of the action is The Record Newspaper, a Romeo-based publication that began publishing in January 2015.

The topic arose after Treasurer Debbie Obrecht accused Supervisor Richard Cory of throwing away copies on display at the township hall left there by Record Editor and Publisher Larry Sobczak.

The treasurer claimed that coverage critical of Clerk Susan Brockmann led to Corys action.

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Brockmann was arrested on Sept. 11, 2015 at the township hall after setting of an alarm attempting to enter the building at 3 a.m. A Michigan State Police crash report from that night listed her blood alcohol content at .20, more than double the level of intoxication in Michigan and above the .17 super drunk standard.

I think it is censoring the press, Obrecht told the board. We may or may not like stories that appear, but the idea is that it does benefit the community overall.

Cory denied that he removed the newspapers.

I dont know of anyone throwing them out. This has turned into a political thing for you, Cory told Obrecht. There are articles in there that you want people to read.

Sobczak said that he has been leaving a few copies of The Record at the township hall since December of 2015.

Cory said the Treasurer gave away copies of The Record to residents coming into her office for them to read articles relating to Brockmanns arrest, which is being adjudicated through the 42-2 District Court in New Baltimore. Sobczak said that he never told Obrecht to personally distribute The Record, but stands by her right to do so.

It is her First Amendment right to pass out whatever she wants, he said.

Treasurer Paul Okoniewski backed up the supervisors claim.

Should we talk about the email I got from a resident citing you for handing them (newspapers) out while people were paying their taxes? Okoniewski asked Obrecht. The person sent an email to the board asking you to cease and desist.

That is absolutely untrue, Obrecht quickly responded.

Brockmann did not acknowledge articles written about her were the issue with The Record, it was their inaccurate reporting of other stories in the past.

He (Sobczak) doesnt report the news, said Brockmann. I dont think that is the kind of journalism we want in this township.

Obrecht said that if Cory could be handing out materials advocating for Greater Romeo-Washington Chamber of Commerce businesses, then The Record should also be available to the public at the township hall along with publications such as Macomb Now.Magazine.

The Chamber and the Macomb Now are not causing the problems in this building, The Record is causing the problems, Cory told Obrecht. You are only doing this for one reason, because you dont like somebody in this building.

You are wrong, Obrecht replied.

Okoniewski offered a motion not to provide any for-profit newspapers in the hallway at the township hall.

The motion passed 4-1 with Obrecht as the lone opposition vote.

They are stomping on the peoples right to free speech and freedom of the press, Sobczak said. I hope he board gains some wisdom and rescinds their motion.

The Record Publisher said that he has spoken with Cory since the meeting, but the two did not come up with a solution to getting the newspaper back into the township hall.

Michigan State Police (MSP) responded to an alarm at the Bruce Township Hall at 3:00 a.m. on Sept. 11 for a possible breaking and entering incident.

According to an MSP crash report from that night, Brockmann backed her Jeep Commander into the responding vehicle of Trooper Roger Haddad. The damage was listed in the report as minor.

Brockmann was then taken into custody and transported to the Chesterfield Police Department for booking and a chemical test on the charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI) with a high blood alcohol content. She was released on $100 bond.

Brockman is due back in Chesterfield Township district court March 22.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. - After Lisa Correnti of the Center for Family and Human Rights and Grace Melton of the Heritage Foundation were appointed to the United States delegation for the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women, radical LGBTQ groups sent a letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson demanding they be removed because they do not support the extreme LGBTQ agenda. Incredibly, the Human Rights Campaign relies upon the discredited Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), which recklessly labels any group that does not toe the LGBTQ line as a hate group.

The SPLC has been warned about its false, defamatory, and dangerous labeling of people and groups as haters or hate groups merely because it disagrees with them over marriage or LGBTQ issues. In 2012, Floyd Corkins attempted to commit mass murder of staff with the Family Research Council. The FRC security guard was able to stop Corkins and was shot in the process. Corkins confessed to the FBI that he was motivated by the SPLCs website and its so-called hate map. Watch the chilling video below.

The Center for Family and Human Rights and the Heritage Foundation are not hate groups. These organizations are both mainstream and thoughtful. Unlike the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Human Rights Campaign, they do not demean people with whom they disagree. To falsely label people with whom you disagree as haters or hate groups is irresponsible and dangerous, said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel C-Fam and the Heritage Foundation will come to the table genuinely seeking the best for women across the world. They are better qualified than their detractors because they are not fettered by blind adherence to the LGBTQ talking-points, Staver concluded.

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Disney Says It Won't Edit 'Beauty and the Beast' for Malaysian Censors New York Times Abdul Halim Abdul Hamid, chairman of the censorship board, argued Wednesday that Malaysia was not preventing the movie from being screened. It is in our guidelines that we don't allow L.G.B.T. activity in movies in Malaysia, he said in an interview. 'Gay moment' censorship sees Disney drop Malaysian release of 'Beauty & The Beast'RT Disney Refuses to Censor 'Beauty and the Beast' 'Gay Moment' for MalaysiaHeat Street Disney Defies Malaysia Censors, Won't Cut 'Beauty and the Beast' Gay MomentHollywood Reporter BBC News -Deadline -Lifesite all 1,669 news articles »

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Censorship by country collects information on censorship, Internet censorship, Freedom of the Press, Freedom of speech, and Human Rights by country and presents it in a sortable table, together with links to articles with more information. In addition to countries, the table includes information on former countries, disputed countries, political sub-units within countries, and regional organizations.

2015 Freedom of the Press Classifications[6]

NotFree

PartlyFree

Free

NoData

2014 Press Freedom Index[7]

Very serious situation

Difficult situation

Noticeable problems

Satisfactory situation

Good situation

Not classified / No data

Internet censorship and surveillance by country[3]

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Pervasive

Substantial

Selective

Changing situation

Little or none

Not classified / No data

This article incorporatespublic domain material from the United States Department of State document "Country Reports on Human Rights Practices" by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. This article incorporates licensed material from the Country Profiles, Regional Overviews, and Filtering Maps sections of the OpenNet Initiative web site. Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, see the lower right corner of pages at the OpenNet Initiative web site

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