Actress well within rights

Gong Li should not be blamed for changing her citizenship for she has the same right as any other Chinese citizen to migrate to other countries, says an article in the Beijing News. The following is an excerpt:

China-born international actress Gong Li finally pledged to become a Singapore citizen on Nov 9 at a citizenship ceremony in Singapore, according to media reports in Singapore.

The switch of citizenship for celebrities is no news at all in today's world, but there are still some people who hate to see it and tend to link a switch of citizenship with a lack of patriotism. Some even cited the old story of Gong's absence in the annual sessions of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference as she was once a member of it. The Internet forums have been bombarded with this type of criticism against Gong.