Following Sharon Stone’s controversial karma quotes earlier this week, a leading cinema chain in China are threatening to ban her movies.

Speaking at Cannes Film Festival, the actress claimed that the country’s earthquakes, which have left 67,000 dead, was a result of karma over their treatment of Tibet.

And her remarks have caused outrage in the country - China's biggest cinema company has threatened to ban all of her future films and shopkeepers have been seen removing advertising posters featuring the actress from their windows.

Ng See-Yuen, founder of the cinema chain UWE and chairman of the Federation of Hong Kong Filmmakers, described Stone's remarks as "inappropriate" and said actors should not bring personal politics to bear on a humanitarian crisis.

Stone's comments come after Chinese security forces attacked Tibetan monks and other ethnic Tibetans after a peaceful independence rally in March turned violent.

The protests marked the annual anniversary of a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule, which has been in place since 1951.

The violent incident, which left at least 16 people dead, prompted many countries to boycott part or all of the opening ceremonies for the Beijing Olympics in China later this summer.