SARFT is the government regulatory agency responsible for controlling broadcast media, film and more recently online video websites such as Tudou.com and Youku.com.
It’s a conservative organization, and the process of getting appproval for films, TV series and video websites is arduous and complicated. Your correspondent has more than once heard people in the media business, in the midst of a frustrating bureaucratic process, complain “What are they smoking?”
Well, now we know.
The image above is a screen shot of the URL address bar and ‘favicon’ of the website of SARFT’s Committee of Science and Technology .
Thanks to MN for tip off.
Links and Sources
- Danwei Media Guide: SARFT
- Danwei: Wang Xiaofeng: Why is SARFT so uptight?
- Danwei: The General Administration of Anxiety about Radio, Film and TV
- Danwei: Has SARFT gone insane?
- Danwei: Wang Shuo’s public complaint against TV censors