Activists slam US studio for filming in China city AP

FILE - In this undated file photo released by his supporters, blind activist Chen Guangcheng, right sits in a village in China. Rights activists have criticized a Hollywood studio for filming a buddy comedy in an eastern Chinese city where the blind, self-taught activist lawyer is being held under house arrest and reportedly beaten. Relativity Media is shooting part of the comedy '21 and Over' in Linyi, a city in Shandong province where the activist Chen's village is located. Authorities have turned Chen's village of Dongshigu into a hostile, no-go zone and activists, foreign diplomats and reporters have been turned back, threatened and had stones thrown at them by men patrolling the village. (AP Photo/Supporters of Chen Guangcheng, File)AP – Rights activists have criticized a Hollywood studio for filming a buddy comedy in an eastern Chinese city where a blind, self-taught activist lawyer is being held under house arrest and reportedly beaten.

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