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Sex and violence in mainland Chinese cinemas

Mou Tun Fei’s The Men Behind the Sun, an exploitation film about Japan’s infamous Unit 731 that because Hong Kong’s first Category III movie, was shown in theaters on the mainland.

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Film ratings system “news” is a five-year-old interview

An article quoting Film Bureau director Tong Gang about an upcoming film ratings system is a fake.

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Danwei Picks: Ramadan in China

Regulating scrap; tradition in Tibet; Ramadan in Xinjiang; Australian hostages; film ratings get the thumbs down.

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Lost in Beijing finally gets killed

SARFT (广电总局) brings down the hammer on Lost in Beijing (苹果), one year after its offense.

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Unsatisfied with the Lust, Caution edits? Sue!

Dong Yanbin (董彦斌) sues SARFT (广电总局) over cuts to Lust, Caution (色,戒)

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No space for quality cinema

Imagethief writes about Han Sanping’s patriotic sentiments, Chang Ping blasts SARFT for leaving no room for good Chinese cinema, and Jet Li complains about his movies getting banned.

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Tony Leung on Hong Kong’s last decade of film

Tony Leung (梁家辉) writes for Soho Xiaobao (SOHO小报).

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The case against a film rating system

An Outlook Weekly (瞭望新闻周刊) op-ed argues in favor of delaying a film rating system for the Chinese movie industry.

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Who killed the movie rating system?

It was Huang Jianzhong (黄健中), director of Rice (大鸿米店), the film adaptation of the story by Su Tong (苏童).

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These films are not yet rated

Ng See-Yuen (Wu Siyuan, 吴思远) argues that Chinese movies are bland because there’s no rating system in place: they have to be acceptable for everyone, from children to the elderly, and they can’t criticize contemporary society. That’s why there are so many costume dramas.

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