BEIJING (AP) — A friend of Miss World Canada says the outspoken contestant has been barred from entering China to take part in this year's pageant in the southern island province of Hainan.Caylan Ford said actress Anastasia Lin was prevented Thursday from boarding her connecting flight from Hong Kong. Authorities gave no reason.Li is an outspoken critic of Chinese religious policy and a follower of the Falun Gong meditation sect, which was outlawed by China's ruling Communist Party as an "evil cult" in 1999.She was not immediately available for comment.
Outspoken Miss World Canada Denied Entry To China
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