Category Archives: TV

Taiwan TV host cut from mainland awards program

Kevin Tsai (蔡康永) appears at a Baidu-sponsored end-of-year Internet roundup, but is cut out of the Jiangsu TV broadcast.

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Mainland clowns on Taiwan TV

Taiwan has known for a decade or two, before the rest of the world figured it out, that mainland China was a place to save money on factory work or make it by selling mass-manufactured stuff. More than 750,000 Taiwanese and their families live in China and do just that.

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Too traditional for modern tastes: the latest TV Red Chamber

The new TV version of Dream of the Red Chamber has just ended on Beijing TV, but the series has been surrounded by controversy.

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The people want positive news

A Beijinger writes to the Shanghai Party Committee to recommend that the local news be more positive.

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Next-generation migrant workers need love too

If You Are the One (非诚勿扰) does up a special migrant workers episode.

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Annoying fake accents on Chinese TV

Movie and TV critic Meng Jing (孟静) writes for Xinmin Weekly about actors adopting dodgy accents for regional TV dramas.

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Dating show contestant banned for sexy modeling?

SARFT is once again mentioned for a rumored ban for a model who might be too hot for her own good. She also said outrageous things on a TV show.

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Surviving Henan TV’s dating reality show

It wasn’t until I was standing in front of the cameras in a wrestling fatigue doing muscle poses that I realized I had yet again bit off more than I could chew in China. How does this happen? Miscommunication? Ignorance? A desire to see foreigners looking foolish on Chinese TV

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Kangxi is Coming: impressions on a popular Taiwan TV show

Dee Hsu (徐熙娣) presents a flagship entertainment show, Kangxi is Coming (康熙来了), produced under the company Gin Star Entertainment (金星娱乐), is shown on Taiwan Cti TV Monday to Friday at 10pm. The show has been shown attention by mainstream mainland media, and its presenters, Dee Hsu and Kevin Tsai (蔡康永) were on the cover of February’s Esquire (时尚先生) magazine.

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Call for participants televised debates about China

BON TV is launching a debate show and calling for particpants.

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