Now That China Banned...

[SPJ]

I think it is the beginning of this year?

China banned youtube.

I have posted some practice vid's since 06. They were popular among China's Ba Ji forums.

I know that some ridiculed and some admired.

But now the viewing really dropped for my vid's.

C'est La Vie !

mad.

:(

[SPJ]

a lot youtube vid's were reposted on you ku etc.

But functionalities and accecibility are so much better with youtube.

:(

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c60lu9GXI9E&feature=fvw

:(

[uki]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnQXLEtD5Do

[SPJ]

http://rumsoakedfist.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5690

see if you like to discuss CMA related topics with peers working in China.

guess what they can NOT see embedded youtube videos.

it is very sad that youtube being the biggest provider of hosting videos for free.

and yet a quarter of the world population do not have access to it.

there are many ways you may bypass and still watch youtube in China.

I have a friend just came from Chong Qing. We were discussing about this last Sunday.

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:(

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnQXLEtD5Do

oops. people have to start to store their illegal downloads either porn, music or movie clips on a flash drive or USB device and not hard drive.

b/c uncle sam is looking for them.

:eek::D;)

[SPJ]

do not want to turn into a government policy bashing thread.

just like to point out that

we need an easy platform to share CMA videos across the border. I mean mainly China.

:D;)

[SPJ]

oops. people have to start to store their illegal downloads either porn, music or movie clips on a flash drive or USB device and not hard drive.

b/c uncle sam is looking for them.

:eek::D;)

I can buy the China copyright movies and TV series at bookstores in east LA.

downloading and watching on Chinese websites too slow for me.

You may also watch on line and pay a low fee. again it is too slow for me or not convenient.

You may search and listen to just about all the music from youtube.

it is not worth it to download illegally and broke the laws.

just saying.

:)

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rWioZ8DwVs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2aJxkmDwBI

youtube is like the mecca for music videos.

you may purchase itunes etc.

:)

[SPJ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46K0IzErJsA&feature=related

OMG

righteous brothers; tina turner etc.

:cool:

[David Jamieson]

china needs to lighten up and let people take care of themselves. Too much control freak/police state nonsense in china.

be cool if they were actually afforded some real freedoms in that country.

[SPJ]

there were many important inventions for communication over a distance.

1. letters and air mail.

2. telegram and telephone, fast or instant communications. civil radio etc.

3. e-mail and internet.

4. free and easy video hosting on the net. it revolutionized the internet, no longer text and images only, web cam replaced the chatting with text messaging.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRySSx_Y1UY&feature=related

I am so hooked on music videos from youtube since 2005, when they started.

If I am travelling in China and no access to youtube for my favorite music.

it would be like a fish without the water,

or I need my coffee in the morning, I need my youtube or mytube for music listening.

I would be like eeeeeeerrrrrrrrh. almost pulling my hairs, oops, do not have many hairs anymore.

:D

[GeneChing]

Probably not a fair hijacking, as SPJ had different intentions here, but I think the shift might bring a little life into this ol' thread.


Beijing is banning all foreign media from publishing online in China (http://qz.com/620076/beijing-is-banning-all-foreign-media-from-publishing-online-in-china/)

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There may be less variety online in China in the near future. (Reuters/stringer)

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Zheping Huang

OBSESSION

China's Transition
February 18, 2016
This article was updated at 6pm in Hong Kong with additional analysis of what the new rules may mean.
In the latest sign that China’s long-touted “opening up” is reversing into a “closing down,” a Chinese ministry has issued new rules that ban any foreign-invested company from publishing anything online in China, effective next month.
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s new rules (link in Chinese) could, if they were enforced as written, essentially shut down China as a market for foreign news outlets, publishers, gaming companies, information providers, and entertainment companies starting on March 10. Issued in conjunction with the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), they set strict new guidelines for what can be published online, and how that publisher should conduct business in China.
“Sino-foreign joint ventures, Sino-foreign cooperative ventures, and foreign business units shall not engage in online publishing services,” the rules state. Any publisher of online content, including “texts, pictures, maps, games, animations, audios, and videos,” will also be required to store their “necessary technical equipment, related servers, and storage devices” in China, the directive says.

Foreign media companies including Thomson Reuters, Dow Jones, Bloomberg, the Financial Times, and the New York Times have invested millions of dollars—maybe even hundreds of millions collectively—in building up China-based news organizations in recent years, and publishing news reports in Chinese, for a Chinese audience. Many of these media outlets are currently blocked in China, so top executives have also been involved in months of behind-the-scenes negotiations to try to get the blocks lifted.
Gaming companies including Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox have been making inroads in China with varying degrees of success, while social media giants like Facebook are clamoring to get in—all drawn by the country’s massive online population, estimated at nearly 700 million people.
But the new rules would allow only 100% Chinese companies to produce any content that goes online, and then only after approval from Chinese authorities and the acquisition of an online publishing license. Companies will then be expected to self-censor, and not publish any information at all that falls into several broad categories, including:
harming national unity, sovereignty, and territorial integrity
disclosing state secrets, endangering national security, or harming national honor and interests
inciting ethnic hatred or ethnic discrimination, undermining national unity, or going against ethnic customs and habits
spreading rumors, disturbing social order, or undermining social stability
insulting or slandering others, infringing upon the legitimate rights of others
endangering social morality or national cultural tradition
Quartz contacted the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology from Hong Kong asking for further clarification on how the rules would work, but the ministry said it could only reply to faxed questions that came from a reporter with a mainland press card.

While the new rules sound draconian, how effective it may be at shutting foreign companies out of China’s internet entirely remains questionable, You Yunting, an IP lawyer and partner at Shanghai’s Debund Law Offices, told Quartz. The State Internet Information Office, under “internet czar” Lu Wei, is actually in charge of internet policy in China, he points out, but these rules were put out by the technology ministry and SARFT. “Websites don’t even belong to their management,” he said. Lu has been reaching out to foreign internet giants, including a high-powered meeting in Seattle last September.
Scott Livingston, a Hong Kong-based lawyer specializing in Chinese technology law, disagrees. “SARFT has many duties, but with respect to the internet its main task is to regulate online audio and video content, which includes administering the ‘License for Publication of Audio-Visual Programs Through Information Networks,'” (link in Chinese) he said. MIIT, the regulation’s other drafter, “is the nation’s principal internet regulator and the primary body responsible for licensing and registering Chinese websites.”
Even so, they will be tough to enforce, Ying Chan, the director of the journalism program at the University of Hong Kong, told Quartz. “Using rules of the print age to govern the internet does not work,” she said. “How do you license media in an age when everyone could become a writer and publisher? With these set of regulations, the government is fighting both market forces and technology.”
Nonetheless, the rules are yet another indicator that under president Xi Jinping, Beijing is moving to consolidate control, reduce foreign influence, and wipe out any dissent in China.
Correction: An earlier version of this story listed the Associated Press as one of the news outlets that publishes in Chinese for a Chinese audience. An AP spokesperson clarified that it does not, but only provides its content to third-party outlets, including Chinese ones.

[GeneChing]

Banned in China: why some of music’s top stars are blacklisted by Beijing (http://www.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2122972/banned-china-why-some-musics-top-stars-are-blacklisted-beijing)
Katy Perry has no Chinese dates lined up on her 2018 Asia tour despite her huge popularity, but from former teen pop star Miley Cyrus to rock legend Bob Dylan, other artists have found themselves unwelcome in China
PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 06 December, 2017, 12:46pm
UPDATED : Wednesday, 06 December, 2017, 2:01pm

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When US pop star Katy Perry announced her 2018 Asia tour dates last week – including a performance at AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong on March 30 – notably absent were any shows planned for China.
Perry is believed to be persona non grata there because she waved a Taiwanese flag and wore a sunflower dress during a concert in Taipei in 2015. Many observers saw her attire as a statement supporting the Taiwanese anti-China protesters who had used the sunflower symbol as part of their campaign the year before.
More recently, she was denied a visa in November to perform in Shanghai at the first Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show to be held in China. Perry joins a long list of music icons banned from performing in China – here are some other notable acts on the blacklist.

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Jay-Z

The US rapper and husband of Beyoncé was banned from performing in China in 2006 because his music contains “too many profane lyrics”. The Ministry of Culture said in a statement that it had “decided to protect the city’s hip hop fans from nasty lyrics about pimps, guns and drugs”. Jay-Z had been scheduled to perform in Shanghai, but the promoter said some of his songs apparently “contain too much vulgar language”.

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Björk

The Icelandic songstress ignited a firestorm of controversy in 2008 when she chanted “free Tibet” and wore an outfit bearing the Tibetan flag during a concert in Shanghai. The Ministry of Culture said Bjork “not only broke Chinese laws and regulations and hurt the feelings of Chinese people, but also went against the professional code of an artist”, and she hasn’t been allowed back.

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Miley Cyrus

The former teen star and current twerking queen was accused of racism after posting a photo of herself making slanted eyes in 2009. She was barred from entering China, and broadcasts of her TV show and films, and sales of her merchandise, were banned. “Miss Cyrus has made it clear she is no friend of China or anyone of East Asian descent. We have no interest in further polluting our children’s minds with her American ignorance,” the ministry said.

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Oasis

The British band were reportedly “bewildered” when told their planned 2009 concerts in Shanghai and Beijing would not be going ahead. The promoter of the concerts said the licences were revoked after Chinese officials discovered that Oasis singer Noel Gallagher had appeared at a Tibetan Freedom concert in 1997. But an official later said it was nothing to do with Tibet, and that the gigs were cancelled due to a “tough economic situation”.

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[GeneChing]

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Bob Dylan

The veteran protest singer was forced to cancel shows in Beijing and Shanghai in 2010. At the time, the promoter of Dylan’s debut China shows said the Ministry of Culture was wary of the singer’s past as a counterculture icon and the lyrics of his songs such as The Times They Are a-Changin’ and Blowin’ In The Wind. Dylan was allowed to perform in China in 2011 – but only with a pre-approved set list.

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Lady Gaga

First the provocative singer and LGBTQ activist was banned in 2011 for “creating confusion” in the online music scene and damaging China’s national security. Although this ban had been lifted by 2016, Lady Gaga then found herself back on the blacklist after she was pictured with the Dalai Lama, leading to an order to remove her music from all Chinese streaming sites.

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Maroon 5

The American pop-rock band were scheduled to perform in Beijing and Shanghai in 2015, but the shows were cancelled without any explanation from authorities.
However, rumours said Maroon 5 had been blacklisted because members of the band had met the Dalai Lama. The band’s keyboard player also once tweeted a birthday greeting to the exiled Tibetan leader.

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Bon Jovi

The veteran American rockers had been preparing for shows in Shanghai and Beijing in 2015 when they were cancelled at the last minute. Authorities didn’t provide any explanation, but observers expect Bon Jovi were banned when officials discovered they had performed in front of a backdrop of the Dalai Lama and band members had tweeted about the exiled Tibetan leader.

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Justin Bieber

The US pop star “engaged in a series of bad behaviours, both in his social life and during a previous performance in China”, the Ministry of Culture said in announcing Bieber would be unable to perform in China earlier this year.
Michael Hutchence talks about growing up in Hong Kong, fame and making music in 1994 interview

Perhaps the ministry was referring to pictures of the US pop star being carried up the Great Wall of China by his bodyguards during his “Behaviour” tour in 2013.

I'd be okay with banning a few of these here.


just kidding. ;)

[GeneChing]

China Removes Actress Zhao Wei From Streaming Sites and Social Media (https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/news/china-removes-actress-zhao-wei-from-streaming-sites-and-social-media/ar-AANNSYG)
Abid Rahman 5 hrs ago
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© VCG/VCG via Getty Images Zhao Wei
Leading actresses Zhao Wei and Zheng Shuang are the latest victims of the Chinese government’s ongoing crackdown on the entertainment industry and the excesses of celebrity fan culture.

On Thursday, all entries related to Zhao on Chinese social media platforms such as Weibo were removed, her name was scrubbed from the credits of films and TV shows, and all content featuring her — including film, TV, chat show appearances and more — was removed from major streaming sites like Tencent Video and iQiyi.

All discussion of Zhao on social media was also censored.

Zhao, who is also known as Vicky or Vicki Zhao and notably starred in My Fair Princess, Shaolin Soccer and Lost in Hong Kong, is a popular star turned billionaire investor and is the face of Italian fashion house Fendi in China.

Chinese state newspaper The Global Times reported that no official reason had been given for the moves to erase Zhao’s presence and work from the Internet, but it did resurface historical allegations of financial impropriety and a number of other scandals. Most notably, in 2018, the Shanghai Stock Exchange banned Zhao and her husband Huang Youlong from acting as listed company executives for five years due to issues and irregularities related to a failed takeover bid in 2016.

A close friend of Alibaba founder Jack Ma, Zhao and her husband were early investors in Alibaba Pictures Group, buying a $400 million stake in 2015. Once China’s highest-profile billionaire, Ma’s star has dimmed after spectacularly falling out of favor with Beijing.

The downfall of Zhao comes a few weeks after a professional and business acquaintance of hers, the actor Zhang Zhehan was similarly banned and scrubbed from the Internet after pictures surfaced of him at Japan’s controversial Yasukuni Shrine to war dead.

On Friday, tax authorities in Shanghai fined actress Zheng Shuang $46.1 million for tax evasion.

Zheng, the star of the hit series Meteor Shower and a popular celebrity, was fined for failing to report income between 2019 and 2020 while filming a TV series.

The AFP reported that China’s state broadcasting regulator, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, reiterated it had a “zero tolerance” policy on tax evasion. The regulator pulled the show in question from streaming sites and asked production companies to not work with Zheng in the future.

I wonder if posting this here will get our forum blocking in PRC. That is, if we aren't already...:(

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[GeneChing]

There's a purge going on right now. More to come.



Jackie Chan, Jet Li Blacklist Rumors Swirl Amid China Celebrity Crackdown (https://www.newsweek.com/jackie-chan-jet-li-blacklist-rumors-swirl-amid-china-celebrity-crackdown-1624949)
BY JOHN FENG ON 9/1/21 AT 10:19 AM EDT

A little-known Chinese director has gained something of a cult following on Douyin—China's version of TikTok—after claiming the country's entertainment industry crackdown could reach A-list stars like Jackie Chan and Jet Li.

Zhou Guogang, 33, who has worked on three films in his career so far, has been commenting extensively on the recent goings-on in China, where the presence of Chinese actor Zhao Wei was wiped from the internet for as yet unknown reasons last week.

Zhou's short videos seem to be speculation, but his own presence in the entertainment industry has lent the rumors some credibility among his followers on Douyin.

After the works of 45-year-old Zhao were scrubbed from Chinese streaming platforms and social media services on August 26, Zhou noticed other celebrities had deleted posts and pictures featuring the apparently blacklisted actor, whose exact offenses are still unknown.

In a video last Friday, Zhou suggested Chinese celebrities with foreign passports could be next on the list for "cancelation." This, according to the director, might include 58-year-old martial arts actor Li, who holds Singaporean citizenship.

"You should run. The house may come down on you next month," said Zhou.

In another post on Sunday, the director claimed 30-year-old Canadian actor Kris Wu—currently being held in Beijing on suspicion of rape—had handed Chinese authorities a list of 47 celebrities.

The nature of the rumored list is unclear, but Zhou said it included Jackie Chan, Chinese filmmaker Feng Xiaogang and others. Chan, from Hong Kong, is a vocal advocate of the Chinese Communist Party and its policies.

"A storm is brewing in the entertainment industry," Zhou said.

The fate of the high-profile Zhao, who is also known as Vicky or Vicki, remains shrouded in mystery. Amid rumors she and her husband, 44-year-old Singaporean businessman Huang You Long, had fled to France over the weekend, Zhao posted a cryptic message to Instagram hinting that she was still in Beijing. The August 29 post was deleted an hour later.

Observers have speculated that Zhao's online disappearance may be linked to her friendship with Alibaba founder Jack Ma, who himself appeared to fall foul of the Chinese leadership after criticizing the country's financial system last year.

On August 27, China's internet watchdog, known as the Cyberspace Administration of China, issued a notice to social media companies to clamp down on harmful and cultish celebrity culture in order to create a "clean internet."

On Wednesday, Douyin said an internal review resulted in the removal of 1,900 user groups from its platform. The fan groups had been set up to spread gossip and rumors, as well as to gamble and crowdfund, it said.

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File photo: Actor Jackie Chan at the 2019 British Academy Britannia Awards on October 25, 2019, in Beverly Hills, California.
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[MightyB]

China's sealing their own fate by imprisoning their best and brightest and going back to a command economy. It's only a matter of time for the crash. It's going to be epic.

[Jimbo]

I guess it goes to show that no matter how much you advocate for (AKA, kiss up to) the CCP, like Jackie Chan does, it will eventually turn on you.

[YinOrYan]

I guess it goes to show that no matter how much you advocate for (AKA, kiss up to) the CCP, like Jackie Chan does, it will eventually turn on you.

I was recently re-reading kung fu magazine's special year 2000 issue on Shaolin Temple and this reminds me of how good the Abbots of Shaolin have been at kowtowing to the authorities. The temple only seems to get burnt down every few centuries when there's a little too much mixing of politics and religion...

[GeneChing]

‘Sissy Pants’ Celebrities Banned in China (https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgx3nn/china-masculinity-sissy-stars)
Beijing fears that feminine men would hurt the country’s ability to fight, experts say.
By Viola Zhou
September 2, 2021, 3:13am

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YOUNG, DELICATE-LOOKING MEN HAVE AMASSED LARGE FAN BASES IN CHINA. PHOTO: VISUAL CHINA GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGES
The Chinese government has ordered a boycott of “sissy pants” celebrities as it escalates a fight against what it sees as a cultural import that threatens China’s national strength.

In a directive issued on Thursday, China’s TV watchdog said entertainment programs should firmly reject the “deformed aesthetics” of niangpao, a derogatory term that refers to effeminate men.

The order came as Beijing tightens control over the country’s entertainment industry, taking aim at an explosion of TV and streaming shows that hold increasing sway over pop culture and the youth.

Young, delicate-looking men who display gentle personalities and act in boys’ love dramas have amassed large fan bases mostly comprising women. Many of them, like Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo, are China’s top-earning celebrities.

They came in sharp contrast with the older generation of male stars, who were expected to sing revolutionary songs and play intrepid, aggressive soldiers defending the country from foreign enemies.

But the more gender-neutral aesthetics have come under criticism from conservative voices in society. Some officials and parents fear the less macho men on TV would cause young men to lose their masculinity and therefore threaten the country’s development.

Earlier this year, the Ministry of Education pledged to promote sports education in Chinese schools in response to a politician’s proposal about “preventing men from becoming too feminine.”

The latest boycott order is part of a broader response to what the government deems as “chaos” in Chinese entertainment. Days before the order was issued, a commentary published by a Communist Party mouthpiece called the popularity of “sissy pants” a social problem that would distort the taste of the Chinese youth.

Cui Le, a researcher on queer issues in China with the University of Auckland, said the clampdown on “sissy pants” reflected authorities’ attempt to reinforce mainstream gender roles and resist what they regard as Western gender values.

“Masculinity is being associated with nationalism,” Cui said. “It’s believed the effeminate male image could mislead young people, hinder the nation’s rejuvenation, and weaken the country’s ability in fighting with others.”

The pushes for macho men have triggered backlash from an expanding feminist community. Many women feel offended by the term “sissy pants” and the sexist implication that traits associated with women are inferior.

Some internet users expressed worry that the official rejection of “sissy men” will encourage the kind of toxic masculinity that leads to violence against women, sexual minorities as well as men who do not fit into the traditional macho image.

“So men should be masculine, as in being dirty and having big bellies,” said one of the top-voted comments on the microblogging site Weibo.

“‘Sissy’ is the highest compliment for a man,” another person wrote. “It means the person is probably very handsome. He would pay attention to personal hygiene, have good manners, and respect women.”

Guo Ting, an expert on gender politics in China with the University of Toronto, said young Chinese people have embraced gender-neutral figures in entertainment as a way to challenge the patriarchal culture in real life.

But the state regards traditional hetero-masculinity as part of its security-focused authoritarian rule, which promotes a need for a strong leader, militarism and aggressive diplomatic rhetoric, she said.

It’s unclear how the government will define “sissy pants,” but the order is expected to prompt more stringent self-censorship by tech and entertainment companies that are already caught in a sweeping regulatory crackdown.

Explicitly ****sexual characters are not allowed on Chinese TV, and no prominent mainland Chinese celebrity has come out as gay. Platforms have previously blurred male stars’ earrings and ponytails because of their ostensible association with rebellion and counterculture.

The Thursday notice also banned idol survival contests and reality shows featuring celebrities’ children––some of the most popular and lucrative genres in the past. Authorities have accused the shows of causing food waste, irrational spending, and harming children’s growth.

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[YinOrYan]

How do they judge?


Blurring-out ponytails is going too far...