'Kung Fu Panda' delayed in quake-hit part of China: report

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BEIJING (AFP) — The release of the US box office hit "Kung Fu Panda" has been postponed in southwest China due to the magnitude-8.0 quake that last month devastated much of the region, state press reported Friday.

The animated film made by Dreamworks premiered in China on Friday, but its release was postponed in Sichuan province, home to the famous Wolong Panda Breeding Centre near the epicentre of the May 12 quake, the Beijing News said.

The paper cited an official from the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television as saying that the postponement was made in an effort to "appease the survivors" of the earthquake.

It appeared that the problem was launching a comedy just weeks after a tragedy in which about 70,000 people were confirmed killed....