For the sake of history

Hong Kong actress Chau Hoi Mei, who plays an imperial wife in the TV drama The Empress of China, defends the show's controversial costumes, Xu Fan reports.

"It felt pretty weird," was how Hong Kong actress Chau Hoi Mei responded when asked about her opinion on cuts to The Empress of China, a hit TV series.

The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and TV, the country's top regulator for the sector, recently ordered the editing of scenes showing actresses' cleavages in bodices in the 300 million yuan ($48.04 million) production based on ancient China's first and possibly only female ruler.