China censors the word 'censorship'
China's broadening media censorship to include: regulations on editors, editorial processes and content, management of news websites, and overall social media use. On April 16 an article entitled, 'SARFT to Enhance Control Over Editors' Online Activities,' was published on state-controlled media (seen below). The government stated these regulations are being put in place "to allow the internet to play as active a role as possible," and to "promote the establishment of a healthy news order."
The full list of new regulations (translated here) comes after another controversial SARFT (State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television) moment.
'China's Spielberg', film director Feng Xiaogang, gave an emotional acceptance speech for 'director of year' which has gone viral on the microblogging site Sina Weibo. Xiaogang told the Chinese Film Director's Guild Awards audience, “In the past 20 years, every China director faced a great torment...and that torment is [bleep].”
That [bleep] covers the word 'censorship'.
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The statement (around the 3:50 mark) received enthusiastic applause from the audience. He continued:
"A lot of times when you receive the order, it’s so ridiculous that you don’t know whether to laugh or cry, especially when you know something is good and you are forced to change it into something bad. Are Hollywood directors tormented the same way? … To get approval, I have to cut my films in a way that makes them bad. How did we all persist through it all? I think there is only one reason — that this bunch of fools like us love filmmaking — are entranced by filmmaking — too much"
Many took to social media to respond.
Source: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201304182102-0022686
China's broadening media censorship to include: regulations on editors, editorial processes and content, management of news websites, and overall social media use. On April 16 an article entitled, 'SARFT to Enhance Control Over Editors' Online Activities,' was published on state-controlled media (seen below). The government stated these regulations are being put in place "to allow the internet to play as active a role as possible," and to "promote the establishment of a healthy news order."
The full list of new regulations (translated here) comes after another controversial SARFT (State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television) moment.
'China's Spielberg', film director Feng Xiaogang, gave an emotional acceptance speech for 'director of year' which has gone viral on the microblogging site Sina Weibo. Xiaogang told the Chinese Film Director's Guild Awards audience, “In the past 20 years, every China director faced a great torment...and that torment is [bleep].”
That [bleep] covers the word 'censorship'.
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The statement (around the 3:50 mark) received enthusiastic applause from the audience. He continued:
"A lot of times when you receive the order, it’s so ridiculous that you don’t know whether to laugh or cry, especially when you know something is good and you are forced to change it into something bad. Are Hollywood directors tormented the same way? … To get approval, I have to cut my films in a way that makes them bad. How did we all persist through it all? I think there is only one reason — that this bunch of fools like us love filmmaking — are entranced by filmmaking — too much"
Many took to social media to respond.
Source: http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/201304182102-0022686
