![]() You can’t have a totally free media as we would have in the WestĪn American business consultant and author with high-level Chinese contacts said there is no less commitment to one-party rule in China, so any media reforms will only go so far. The official Xinhua News Agency warned this week that media outlets should “learn to play professionally in today’s information age as an increasingly picky audience is constantly” putting them under scrutiny. State media say they have reduced reports on officials’ trips as part of this drive. His reforms are aimed at pleasing a public long frustrated by local corruption. He has already announced a trimmed-down style of leadership, calling on officials to reduce waste and unnecessary meetings and pomp. The airing of “V for Vendetta” raised some hopes about possible changes under Xi, who was publicly named China’s new leader last month. A filmmaker and Beijing Film Academy professor, Xie Fei, published an open letter on Sina Weibo on Saturday calling for authorities to replace the movie censorship system that dates from the 1950s with a ratings system. AFP/GettyImagesĬhina doesn’t have a classification system, so all movies shown at its cinemas are open to adults and children of any age. Warner Brothers, which produced and distributed “V for Vendetta,” declined to comment. Other movies that failed to reach Chinese screens in 2006 include “Brokeback Mountain” and “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest.” Chinese moviegoers that year were able to see “Mission: Impossible III” with Tom Cruise and “The Painted Veil,” which was filmed in China and set in a Chinese village. China has a yearly quota on the numbers of foreign movies that can be imported on a revenue share basis, making it tough to get distribution approval. “V for Vendetta” was released in the United States in 2005 and around the world in 2006. “I’ve not heard of any ban on this movie,” Wu Baoan said Thursday. The spokesman for the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television said he had noticed the online reaction to the broadcast. The woman, who only gave her surname, Yang, said she would pass on questions to her supervisor, which weren’t answered. “We also didn’t anticipate such a big reaction.” Facundo Arrizabalaga/AFP/Getty Images) It is no big deal,” said a woman who answered the phone at movie channel CCTV-6. Programs have to be approved by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, but people with knowledge of the industry say CCTV, the only company with a nationwide broadcast license, is entitled to make its own censorship decisions when showing a foreign movie. Censors also monitor social media sites including Weibo. Dictators, prisons, secret police, media control, riots, getting rid of `heretics’ … fear, evasion, challenging lies, overcoming fear, resistance, overthrowing tyranny … China’s dictators and its citizens also have this relationship.”Ĭhina’s authoritarian government strictly controls print media, television and radio. Some people have used the image of the mask as their profile pictures on Chinese social media sites.īeijing-based rights activist Hu Jia wrote on Twitter, which is not accessible to most Chinese because of government Internet controls: “This great film couldn’t be any more appropriate for our current situation. The mask has become a revolutionary symbol for young protesters in mostly Western countries, and it also has a cult-like status in China as pirated DVDs are widely available. ![]() The protagonist wears a mask of Guy Fawkes, the 17th-century English rebel who tried to blow up Parliament. ![]() The 2005 movie, based on a comic book, is set in an imagined future Britain with a fascist government. Zhang Ming, a supervisor at a real estate company, asked on Weibo: “For the first time CCTV-6 aired `V for Vendetta,’ what to think, is the reform being deepened?” This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt. ![]()
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