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Q: who decides what to censor?
I know there's a state administration for this, but is there a written checklist or guide about what to censor? Do they watch every new TV show and movie to check, or does one of the higher ups one day just notice something and decide it should be censored?
I imagine it is the little known Chinese identical-twin of Church Lady*.
*an SNL character
If any series contains anything that puts down China, bam, the whole thing is censored.
If any series receives more traffic than any chinese series, bam, the whole thing is censored.
If one series is censored, then bam, why not apply blanket censorship to multiple series at will, because Chinese policy works in a blanket fashion, despite obvious flaws.
Here should give you an idea:
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/04/opinion/sunday/chinas-crime-free-crime...
No one can start making a film in China without submitting the plot to the State General Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SGAPPRFT), an agency set up to administer government-owned media but best known (and feared) as a committee of censors. If any organization from outside mainland China is involved, including Hong Kong partners, a full screenplay must be submitted for review. Once approved, it can’t be modified, meaning actors and directors must resist any urge to improvise during filming.
At irregular intervals the agency provides a list of unmentionables. Sex scenes or depictions of “excessive drinking, smoking and other bad habits” are a no-go. “Propagating passive or negative outlook on life, worldview and value system” is banned; so is “stirring up ambivalence and conflicts between different religions or sects, and between believers and nonbelievers, causing disharmony in the community.”
The ethnicity of villains is a major concern as well. “If it’s about international crime, the bad guy must not be Chinese,” explained a Hong Kong screenwriter with 25 years’ experience.
And it goes on.
There is a list of banned topics, such as "Democracy", "Food safety" etc. I think there are 7 topics on the main list, but naturally you can spin them into any tiny detail.
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Censorship is for the birds. What's their problem anyway? Arseholes.
No one gives a rats arse about China so why can't they just focus on improving their lot. The peoples' lot. Their own fukn people.
Pricks.
