13 thoughts on “Air date update, Fall 2019”

1. Royal Nirvana sounds like a ripoff of Nirvana in Fire from the title to the plot.

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2. Sorry for bringing up politics. I just wanted to voice my concerns about the media regulators, that’s all. I came back from a Sino political forum that was openly talking about the issue so I figured this site would be receptive to the discussion as well. Didn’t realize it made the room awkward.
   No hard feelings 🤝🤗!!

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3. Happy 70th Anniversary:
   https://cdni.rt.com/files/2019.09/xxl/5d9223f82030274b6b787773.jpg

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4. I thought Yang Yang new drama will be in the list too? Hope it is not too delayed.

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5. The CPC should take a look at how Hollywood movies work. For example, in the Avengers movies, the US govt and military are cast in a positive supporting role not the main focus. When it’s played out like that it’s way more subtle, and viewers won’t write it off as government-sponsored propaganda.

   What the CPC is doing now is incredibly clumsy and way too overt. I get the feeling the officials working in the PR department has no understanding of PR..

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   • Pretty much everything Chinese regulators do concerning mass media and entertainment is heavy-handed.

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     • Yeah, I’ve noticed. Of course, there’s nothing wrong with the govt trying to promote itself, just that it needs to be done in an elegant manner – make it cool and sexy. Mass media requires a delicate touch and a good understanding of PR, an area the CPC is lacking in..

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       • Can’t blame them for being clueless though. Depictions of sex, overt sexiness, tattoos, ear piercings on men… are all banned from mass media 😜

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         • I can understand what they’re thinking – it’s a negative influence on youth. That’s true to some extent. But banning stuff outright doesn’t work:

           “The Streisand effect is the phenomenon whereby an attempt to hide or remove a piece of information has the unintended consequence of publicizing the information more widely, usually facilitated by the Internet. The term is a modern expression of the older phenomenon that banning or censoring something often makes that item or information more desirable, and leads to it being actively sought out to a greater extent than it would have otherwise been.”

           https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

           What the regulators should be doing is taking more of an advisory role similar to the film ratings system in other countries. Give viewers warnings and caution them on the content in the media, and let them decide for themselves.

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           • Simply speaking, that government doesn’t trust its own people.

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             • It’s more like the govt is an overbearing parent who wants to make sure his/her child doesn’t mess up their lives by dabbling in the negative parts of society..
               There are good intentions behind this move (protect the child) but the long term effects of this approach is it stunts the development of the child and will eventually damage the parent-child relationship.

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               • But children grow up and should be allowed to make their own judgements.

                 Add in suppression of unapproved political thoughts, policy criticisms, and “subversive” ideas, this is much less benign than a strict, overbearing but well-meaning patriarch.

                 The fact public figures parrot the official government stance on various matters is quite telling.

                 Even when commemorating national holidays on social media, everyone is simply reposting the same official content.

                 If this particular post were on any Chinese platform, it would likely have been prevented from showing up or been reported as inappropriate speech then removed. Similarly for the “government not trusting its own people” post.

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                 • This comment chain is getting too political and unsuitable for this TV drama website. So here’s my last reply on this topic:

                   “But children grow up and should be allowed to make their own judgements.”

                   ummm I already mentioned this in my previous comment. Short-term, being an overbearing parent yields results. Long term, it stunts the child’s development and ends up damaging the parent-child relationship.

                   ” Add in suppression of unapproved political thoughts, policy criticisms”

                   Criticizing govt policies is allowed in moderation. For example, when Novoland Eagle Flag got pulled off air, there were comments on weibo calling out the media regulators for taking away the public’s entertainment.

                   A while back there were residents in Guangdong protesting against the installation of a coal power plant as well:
                   https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1765010/10000-protest-chinese-city-over-planned-coal-fired-power-plant

                   “Even when commemorating national holidays on social media, everyone is simply reposting the same official content. ”

                   That’s why I mentioned the CPC isn’t good at PR. The way they communicate via media is dull and ineffective.

                   “If this particular post were on any Chinese platform, it would likely have been prevented from showing up or been reported as inappropriate speech then removed.”

                   If you can read Chinese, you can find all sorts of comments (including criticisms) on weibo..

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