Opposed in principle but an unregulated TV market of 2 billion viewers could have some pretty crazy p*rn. Incidentally this is why we have nothing to fear from China, at least economically. Disregard ratings, seriously?
Just remember that for every Oz or Cosmos episode there's a Carman concert film and Diagnosis Murder marathon. Reverse mortgage brokers and scrap metal wholesalers need ad time too.
You're correct, the 2 things aren't related at all, it's only that Western media like to spin everything about China when they report things. Uprisings won't happen in China on any scale, at least not in any forseeable future. I'm a Chinese national BTW.
They're spooked by what's happening. OWS complains about 1% vs 99%. But that's actually exactly how it is in China. 1% controls everything, 9% act as middle management, and the rest are slaves, with very limited upward mobility. There's plenty of anger in the country and the government has tried lots of tactics to divert that anger. First hate is directed at the Japanese, then the Americans and Taiwanese and minorities. The Chinese government and the Republican elite are actually quite similar in some of their tactics.
The feudal system is a time proven model. And you always want to emphasize patriotism by creating the common enemy. It really helps though if you have a religious system to put a lid on questions and bestow legitimacy. Do they hear anything about financing Europe's bad debt now?
One thing I have learned in the last 40 years, the future is not foreseeable. S**t will happen you can not have possibly dreamed of. And things you know are certain to happen may never come about. I give you the flying car.
Seriously, Chinese television is pure and utter crap. Stuff that make feel American reality tv isn't half bad. I tried watching some of stuff when I first got to China, trying to get a feel for the culture. But gave up quickly because the stuff make me want to kill myself. These shows look cheap and are cheap to produce, and they draw in kids as their target audience. To be honest, if they existed in the US, moms all over the country to be pissed off.
There's always Russian whores or n. Korean wives if their economy makes living in china more attractive.
Not sure what you watched, but Chinese game shows are ripoffs of Taiwanese shows which are in turn ripoffs of Japanese shows which are wacky to begin with. As a matter of fact, many TV show hosts in China are actually from Taiwan. If there is a stereotype of Taiwan on Mainland it's their man are very feminine (looks, hair style, and enunciation) which is in turn influenced by Japanese culture.
By bestowing upon us the flying car, you dispute your own point. Where are the keys, btw? gimmedakeyths.
As an example.... Reading Popular Mechanics in 1963, there was no way I wouldn't have one someday, no way. The Towers being brought down by some numbnuts taking over commercial airliners?.... never in a million years.
Bingo! The entertainment stuff supposedly offended some higher ups in Beijing for spreading vulgar taste. The country at the moment is busy dealing with all "the im-purifications" brought about by the market freedom. There is an ideological enemy that hinders the country's progress towards a state of greatness envisioned by saints like Mao, Deng, Jiang (hardly) and Hu. Unfortunately they decided that entertainment shows fell on the wrong the side of the ideological lines. Yeah, you hit it, just like any parent, a few people in Beijing decide what's the best for the people because they know better. So out went freedom of speech. Well,technically, the tv outlets are owned by the government, so they may just see it as a programming change as they see fit. As for the broader speech freedom of the people, CCP never took it seriously. Well, most government with an object to administrate would probably not like people to have such freedom. So this goes to a deeper problem of separation of power. Of course there is none in China. The court is not independent. The article 1 of Chinese consitutition also reads "Article 1. Socialist state The People's Republic of China is a socialist state under the people's democratic dictatorship led by the working class and based on the alliance of workers and peasants. The socialist system is the basic system of the People's Republic of China. Disruption of the socialist system by any organization or individual is prohibited." This underlies all government controls, codified in the Chinese Constitution over any basic human rights like freedom of speech. Now as to the microblog control, there seems to be a little more principled logic behind it, i.e. preventing slandering and other criminal activities from spreading like wildfire on the internet. The calculus of such control obviously pays very little attention to people's legitimate speech rights, such as write anonymously.
Someone (The USA cough cough) should put up a satelite over china that provides free unfettered internet access. The genie is out of the bottle PRC, no stuffing it back in there. DD
democratic dictatorship Is that not an oxymoron? (I'm sure it's an Americanized translation) Is a 'rule by committee' system any more or less democratic than a Republic in reality? without a free press?
democratic dictatorship by the (working class) people. That probably doesn't make much sense either. Roughly speaking, under it the people set the rules for the good of the country and the "bad" people have minimal rights under the system. Of course, CCP is the representative of the people and thus CCP can do no wrong, because it represents the will of the people. Make sense?
