cnn.com.'Batman' star punched, stopped from visiting blind Chinese activist - CNN.com.flv

As Christian Bale approached an impromptu checkpoint leading to this tiny village in eastern China, four men blocking the narrow path started marching toward him in menacing unison.

"I am here to see Chen Guangcheng," the Hollywood actor said and I translated, with correspondent Stan Grant and cameraman Brad Olson next to us.

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[dubbelmacka87]

@wfwang333 Bro, he's there to shake hands with an inspirator, not to help you or any other Chinaman. So cool off. If you dislike America so much, stop manufacturing stuff for them maybe,

[JanJansson22]

@wfwang333 If the rest of the world falls to the hands of dictators, like China fallen to the hands of brutal communists regime after WW2, maybe so. But until then, hatred and empty threads from dictatorships like in China or North Korea fulfill us Westerners with pride to our freedom and is source of our commitment that all of mankind deserves to be free and all governments must respect basic human rights of their citizens. Period.

[namk2008]

Poor blind guy...this is why I'm glad I'm not in china,

[namk2008]

What the big deal.

[namk2008]

Christian Bale

[NoName21234]

@Awwwwkward don't feel like that. the government is never the same as its citizens

[NoName21234]

@holypredator that's exactly what I meant actually  :)

that it would have been all too easy for him to leave China without showing some of the modern day injustices.

I totally commend him for what he's done here. I love the man, believe me.

[holypredator]

@NoName21234

What rules? he just wants to meet the activist.

If he were to roll out the red carpet and left china after filming, it just shows that hes an emotionless actor that only cares about money.

His role in the china film which is about the misfortuned that had happened in china. It shows that the film actualy inspired and influenced him to understand the misfortune that is in china.

[cole9323]

@cole9323 plz dont do this, his co-worker spent their blood n sweat to finish the film, dont waste them, n plz respect them n his own job. 

[cole9323]

@cole9323 the human right things arent any news in china. be honestly, it need to get ppl's attention on it. so i hope the flower of the war can be successed in china, more chinese ppl konw who Christian Bale is . after Christian Bale finish the movie promotion, something about the movie, then plz come back to china help those ppl who need help. they need successful celebrities to get the attention from the world. but before he finish his job

[cole9323]

@cole9323 plz finish his job first, he is a movie star. i think he knew what he was doing would not help the movie at all. Christian Bale, plz respect the ur co-worked in the movie (the flower of war),this thing he was doing may destroy the movie. u r not the only one in the movie, n u r the bigger star in the movie. some of UR co-worker may need ur help to make this film successes. do UR own job better then help the world...

[cole9323]

I dont understand y he was doing this?! what makes him think he need to help ?! coz he is one of successful celebrities in the world, n he is a movie actor. the Follower of the War is on show now in china , it may become the biggest sell movie in china this year . so y he was doing this thing in shangdong ?! he wants to help coz he is celebrities , he makes bigger money n he talks ppl listen, it is his responsibility to help the ppl who need help in the world. but