Last weekend, Tom Cruise's new film, Mission Impossible III has earned the first rank of movies with a profit of 24500000 dollars in the United States. Internationally, this movie has gained 2.14 billion dollars for the Movie company. However people in China will not be able to see this film in the cinamas in China. China is exhibiting this film due to the developing scenes of Shanghai, the government of China considered the film to show the inferior parts of Shanghai instead of promoting the developed part of Shanghai. Even though, there are old building in Shanghai being showed but most of the shots are taking of the skyscrapers in Shanghai. The statement of China's government is not being precise enough and the newaspaper points out another point of China's prohibition of this film. The reason of the banning is because the weapon in the film appeared in Shanghai and there are retired fighters in the countries for protection. Are these two points reflecting the possibilities of weapon treatments between the government and the businesses in China? This is a rather sensitive topic in China.
As a communists country, there are other films being banned in China, for instance, the Brokebeck Mountain, The Memoirs of A Geisha,Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Shrek II and Spider Man II. As for Brokebeck Mountain, it is a topic homosexual that has not yet been accepted widely around the world and in China it is a sham to the whole society if someone has been found out as homosexual. As for Momoirs of a Geisha, it might bring up the hatret between the Chinese and the Japanese. Also Zi Yi Chang was said to be unpatriotic because she played the Japanese geisha in the movie, therefore to avoid further joudgement on this film, Memoirs of a Geisha was banned. Happy Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was banned because the previous series have brought negatice influence on the kids. A accident happend in China as a child carry a broobstick with him and jump off from his balcony on the 5th floor after watching the Happy Potter film. Both of Shrek and Spider man were banned to ensure no furthur bad influnce on the teenagers.
Living in a communist country can be really tiring however controlling a communist country can be alot tiring as well since the term communist is only an ideal and it is depends on how people put it together. As for now, China is slightly shifting its way from communist.
Hm. This is interesting. I understand the concern, but I dunno...I guess its just a communist thing. I really don't know enough about it. Heh. But those are som good movies, man!
There are two issues we need to go over with:
1) You seem to be very passionate about issues in Taiwan and China. Unfortunately, the majority of ProgressiveU users are American and--sad as it is--don't really give a damn. If you are happy writing about these things, then fine. But if you want people to start responding to you, write something that will attract their attention (like abortion! illegal immigration! myspace! woo!).
2) I won't be too hard on you because English is not your native language, but I still would recommend that you work on your coherence. You mentioned a few things, but I don't really know what your point is. Is this supposed to be informative or persuasive? Also, use a spell-checker.
You should continue to blog about China and Taiwan, keep up the good work. We have to reveal how communism effects nations and show it for what it is not what they say they are.
You mean, just like we have to reveal how democracy effects nations and show it for what it is not what they say they are.
I don't know what I just said, but whatever works for you.
To the same effect yes, we cant look at either situation rosy eyed expecting the best.
Communism does not cause censorship. Communism is an economic system based on the idea that central planning is better than free markets, and that all people should be equal in all ways. Plus, the communist system is collapsing.
The problem in china is an authoritarian government.
Definitely strays far from Marx's perspectives on the emancipation of the individual. The real successful balance comes from a marriage of free-markets and socialsm, which is what we're seeing more of in the US with the "open source" movement: Linux, Wikipedia, Google and even to an extent these so-called Robin Hood hedge funds, socially-progressive companies and charitable organizations -- although most of these big socially-progressive companies, especially the one's who've adopted as of late, wear their hearts on their sleeves as a marketing campaign to make people think they give a darn. And perhaps they do or they don't. Point being: rational self interest could lead to a better society, as long as the influence is positive.