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Chinese action star Jet Li is unhappy with censors in his home country for not letting theatres show his Hollywood films.

London, Aug. 21 : Chinese action star Jet Li is unhappy with censors in his home country for not letting theatres show his Hollywood films.

Posting a note on his website, the actor expressed frustration over the ban that censors had imposed on his 2000 hit 'Romeo Must Die' for featuring gangsters.

The actor also wrote that his film 'Kiss of the Dragon' was banned in 2001 because his character, a Chinese policeman, killed people abroad.

"Films don't always have to be realistic. Typically, action films have good and bad characters," Li, who argued China's film industry was suffering as a result of the restrictions placed on it, was quoted was saying by the BBC.

"If gangsters aren't appropriate and police officers aren't appropriate, then what type of character can there be that wouldn't start an argument? It leaves only the ancient Chinese stories to be produced," he added.

In China, only 20 foreign movies are allowed to be officially screened each year. The country's Film Bureau also has the powers to request further editing of films, if they contain offensive scenes.

ANI