Final evidence that Chinese communism is dead arrives with the news that This Is It, the upcoming exhumation of Michael Jackson rehearsal footage, is to receive a release in the People's Republic.

Only around 20 films made outside China make it into the country each year, so this is a major coup for Sony Pictures. Earlier this year, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallenovertook Titanicto become the biggest film in Chinese history. This is not what the Gang of Four had in mind.