Chinese theaters won’t hire drug-linked performers

By Louise Watt

Published August 14, 2014 8:32am ET

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Chinese theaters won’t hire drug-linked performers — In this photo taken Tuesday, March 18, 2014, actor Gao Hu poses on the red carpet during the award ceremony of the Celebrity Citizens in Beijing, China. Gao, 40, who had a small part as a soldier in Zhang Yimou's 2011 movie "The Flowers of War," has become the latest Chinese celebrity to face drug charges in a wave of detentions that an official said Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014 is one of China's sternest crackdowns on illegal drug use in two decades. (AP Photo) CHINA OUT | AP

BEIJING (AP) — Performing arts associations in Beijing have pledged not to hire any actors connected with drugs, state media reported Thursday, after an actor became the latest Chinese celebrity detained in one of China’s sternest crackdowns on illegal drug use in two decades.

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