Chinese regulators suspend TV crime and spy dramas

alp227

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Fri May-06-11 11:44 AM
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Chinese regulators suspend TV crime and spy dramas

Source: BBC News

China has ordered TV stations across the country not to air any detective shows, spy thrillers or dramas about time-travel for the next three months.

All have been ordered off-air with immediate effect.

An official at China's state TV regulator confirmed to the BBC that the verbal order had been made.

China's Communist Party is preparing to mark 90 years since its founding and the authorities want TV stations to air programmes praising the party instead.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-13308162

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Vincardog

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Fri May-06-11 11:46 AM
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1. dramas about time-travel Does DR WHO detract from the the party?

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Duer 157099

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Fri May-06-11 11:47 AM
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2. WTF? The Chinese are COMMUNISTS??

Why is it considered such an "American" value to ship our jobs there and buy all of our stuff from them?!? WalMart should be brought up on treason charges! I thought "Conservatives" were insanely anti-Communists, when did that change?

:shrug:

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DJ13

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Fri May-06-11 11:55 AM
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3. + a Brazillion

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valerief

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Fri May-06-11 12:34 PM
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9. Those commies have universal healthcare, too.

Edited on Fri May-06-11 12:36 PM by valerief

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damntexdem

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Fri May-06-11 11:56 AM
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4. So no shows about Communist detectives chasing spies through use of time machines?

;-)

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trud

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Fri May-06-11 11:59 AM
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5. I'm asleep already.

Does that mean people can watch science fiction as \long as its not about time travel... how about soap operas?

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SoapBox

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Fri May-06-11 12:22 PM
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6. The GOBPers, RushThugs, T.HATEbaggers and FoxNooseChannel can only DREAM about such controls...

They would love to be able to do this to the American people.

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Hugin

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Fri May-06-11 12:29 PM
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7. No problem-o, I'll simply hop in my time machine and zip forward three months.

I must keep up with my stories!

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Hugin

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Fri May-06-11 12:33 PM
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8. Oh, and what about Comedies about Time Travel?

What makes them OK? :eyes:

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