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'Office' May Open In China

  • AP, Tuesday, August 17, 2010 11:21 PM
"We are about to start work on developing a Chinese 'The Office.' How cool is that?" show co-creator Ricky Gervais wrote on his blog. In addition to the original British "mockumentary," there are versions in the U.S., France, Germany, Chile, Israel and the Canadian province of Quebec. ,br>,br> The show that mines office politics and corporate ineptitude for its laughs might face new challenges in China, where government censors tightly control media content. Gervais joked on his blog the show might not air if Beijing sees his latest project, "An Idiot Abroad," where he sends a culturally clueless friend on a trip around the world.

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