China Decides to Ban Time Travel
By Erica Ho on April 13, 2011

China Decides to Ban Time Travel - Techland - TIME.com

In China… well, in China, many weird things happen. The Chinese government, in another strange episode, has decided to ban time travel. Well, at least when it comes to television shows and movies.

With the way things are run, the state controls and monitors everything shown on your television or your computer. So yeah, China can randomly go back in time and say Marty McFly never existed. Scary, huh? Fortunately, that's not what they're saying.

Somehow, though, the government has taken a sudden disliking to the idea of distorting certain historical events, things and people. (Cough.)

The idea of time-travel has soared in popularity recently, and it seems like the authorities have just gotten sick of it. Common themes revolve around protagonists going back to ancient times, with script writers often taking liberties with plots and events. Even worse than just being an annoyance, some people fear a real disrespect for China's history.

The decision was made earlier this month, with the country's State Administration for Radio, Film & Television stating that "The producers and writers are treating the serious history in a frivolous way, which should by no means be encouraged anymore."

What's wrong with these shows? They “casually make up myths, have monstrous and weird plots, use absurd tactics, and even promote feudalism, superstition, fatalism and reincarnation.”

(via New York Times)

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What's wrong with these shows? They “casually make up myths, have monstrous and weird plots, use absurd tactics, and even promote feudalism, superstition, fatalism and reincarnation.”

Of course that is the prerogative of the State propaganda system after all.

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An't nanum hearm deth, doth hwaet ye willath.

It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished
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What's wrong with these shows? They “casually make up myths, have monstrous and weird plots, use absurd tactics, and even promote feudalism, superstition, fatalism and reincarnation.”

They're also boring enough to curdle milk, but when the alternative is a drama about a Maoist hero doing a not very good job about pretending to shoot Japanese soldiers and a news report about pork prices, you start to understand where they get their market from.

I dare say it's also partly because it's a Korean fashion that's been transplanted. The feudalism thing is a long-term concern - they've also got a downer on online roleplaying games about living in the olden days.

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First thing I'll do with my time machine (when I get it working) is go back and mess with their dainty little heads by randomly altering characters in the announcements.