| | The movie is reportedly the first Bond movie to be screened in mainland China. "The film has been approved and no cuts or changes have been requested," Li Chow, general manager at Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International and Sony Pictures Entertainment, confirmed in an e-mail.
"Casino Royale," starring Daniel Craig, is a Columbia Pictures movie.
Li said the movie will open in China Jan. 30, more than two months after its U.S. release Friday.
China usually only imports 20 foreign films a year and censors them carefully.
"Memoirs of a Geisha," which starred Chinese actresses Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li as Japanese geisha escorts, wasn't shown in China. There was speculation it might fan anti-Japanese sentiment.
There were also concerns about scenes set in Shanghai showing tattered underwear hanging from laundry lines in "Mission: Impossible III," although Chinese censors eventually approved the film.
The Hollywood trade magazine Variety reported earlier this week that "Casino Royale" is the first Bond movie to be screened in China, although pirated copies of other Bond films are available in the country.
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