Tag Archives: censorship

CCTV censors David’s penis

Posted on 2012-07-10 by Allison Carol Goldman

Today, most newspapers in China feature the country’s slowing CPI growth rate on the front page. CPI (Consumer Price Index) is the primary measure of inflation in China, and the fact that it is slowing suggests China’s economy is in … Continue reading →

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SARFT goes after online video, again

Posted on 2012-07-10 by Jeremy Goldkorn

A spokesman for the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT) announced yesterday that some original drama series and films on video websites like Youku.com and Tudou.com don’t meet government censorship standards and contain unacceptable dirty language, violence and … Continue reading →

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Chinese media seduced into wrongdoing by Western concepts

Posted on 2012-05-18 by Allison Carol Goldman

The Beijing Daily is a commercial daily controlled by city authorities and usually considered a Party paper. Today the top headline is that 70 million square meters worth of residential housing in Beijing will be reinsulated and fitted with energy-saving technology. This … Continue reading →

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People’s Daily lists recent Internet rumors considered crimes

Posted on 2012-04-16 by Danwei

The front page of today’s People’s Daily features the article, “Internet rumors harm people and harm our society. The public must not believe or transmit rumors.” Unlike most of the state media reports on Internet rumors, this one actually lists ten cases … Continue reading →

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Utopia, Maoist discussion forum, shut down for a month

Posted on 2012-04-06 by Danwei

The following notice was posted to the Utopia website (乌有之乡), a popular leftist, nationalist discussion forum. This morning, the Ninth Bureau of the State Council Information Office, the Beijing Municipal Network Management Office, and the Beijing Municipal PSB Network Security … Continue reading →

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Groundhog day in China – Super Girls and the Internet

Posted on 2011-09-20 by Jeremy Goldkorn

This morning, a reader drew my attention to an article on Danwei: Alongside the movement for a “civilized” Internet, the anti-Super Girls campaign seems to be picking up steam as well. China Times published an interview yesterday with Liu Zhongde, one of the … Continue reading →

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A brief history of Chinese porn

Posted on 2011-08-24 by James Griffiths

The origins of Chinese erotica and pornography can be traced way back into antiquity. Though remnants have been found dating from as early as the 1st century, production of erotic artwork appears to have properly flourished around the 10th century and reached … Continue reading →

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People’s Pornography – An interview with Katrien Jacobs

Posted on 2011-08-23 by James Griffiths

China has a long tradition of erotic art but pornographic films and pictures are currently illegal. Despite frequent anti-porn clampdowns, pornography remains available both online and in the form of DVDs. A paper titled A Peep at Pornography Web in China compiled by scholars … Continue reading →

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Dancing with shackles on

Posted on 2011-03-01 by Danwei

The Chinese Internet and living with censorship: a short film of interviews with Desiree Marianini and Janek Zdzarski, interviews with Keso, Wang Xiaofeng, Qi Youyi and Danwei’s Jeremy Goldkorn.

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Chinese horror films: It was all just a dream

Posted on 2010-09-10 by Joel Martinsen

Yang Jian explains why there aren’t any real horror films on the mainland, and why Hong Kong has backed away from real horror.

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