A Guide to Everything Banned in China
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 30 เม.ย. 2021
- Sorting myth from fact as to what's banned in China
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When he said "Hey look they are even building a copy of the holocaust!" I felt that
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When he talks about a VPN and doesn’t Segway into a sponsor.
Went to China after 5 years to see my grandparents, and since I’m more aware now, it was quite frustrating that I couldn’t access outside internet. As long as you’ve experienced the internet on the other side, the internet in China was just very weird. Most people in China are actually quite aware that there is a firewall, especially the younger generation, but they don’t care that much about it
I've been living in China for nearlly ten years now, and I've never heard about the ban on talking animals. That's kind of stupid because one of their most revered mythological beings, Sun WuKong (孙悟空), is a monkey that talks. The Kung Fu Panda franchise is hugely successful and it's nothing but talking animals. SpongeBob and Paw Patrol are popular with Chinese children, and talking animals isn't warping their minds or anything. It would be a bit hypocritical if they really did enforce the ban.
>discord is banned
"There's no social credit score" +100 social credit score
If you're wondering about the phrase "10,000 Years", it's a way to wish someone a long life. In ancient China it was used to wish the emperor, while during the Cultural Revolution it was used to wish Chairman Mao. Nowadays in China, it's just used as an exclamation of joy in general. When Italy scored a goal in the 2006 World Cup's round of 16 against Australia, the Chinese commentator said "Italy ten thousand years!" interpreted as his way of saying "Forza Italia". So it's in no way a negative thing
Regarding the talking animal ban, that one isn't true. Ever heard of Journey to the West? You may know it as Monkey King, but it's China's most famous tale. A tale that features...talking creatures. For the 2008 Summer Olympics, when the mascots were revealed, the Chinese government released cartoons showcasing them where they talked. The mascots, known as the Fuwa, represent, you guessed it...different creatures from China. Kung Fu Panda is also insanely popular in China. The book Alice in Wonderland was banned in one province for putting talking animals at the same level as humans, but that was back in 1931, so before the PRC was a thing.
God knows every country could do with a ban on NicocadoAvocado
Imagine saying "tank man" instead of "thanks man" and suddenly you see the police on your doorstep to inform you in your execution day
Fun fact: Typing "June 4th Tianamen Square massacre" in Chinese in an in game chat causes any Chinese people in the server to be disconnected.
Great video but please make more of ones to enlighten people. I stumbled upon someone complaining in your comment section about loosing job and seeking for help. Having multiple income sources is very crucial to financial growth.
“phrases like Tank Man and 4th of June are banned”
Haha the “grass is always less green on the other side” thing is spot on. That’s the most common way the government conditions their people in east Asia. Even Japan is guilty of it. (lived there for 16 years) I never knew how bad we had it until I moved to the US. Everyone is like “we’re missing out on personal freedoms? oh well, it can’t be as bad as outside of Japan” and no one even dares to do anything about it.
I had a chance to talk to a TV producer from Japan a few years back. Because of the fact that TV is slowly dying as an entertainment in a traditional sense, one of the ways producing companies in Japan, and I would guess other (East) Asian countries, earn money is by selling IP's and rights to Chinese production companies which then create their own versions of films and series. Guess that's a way of making sure not much foreign stuff comes in.
"They're even building a copy of the Holocaust"
I'm American and I've been watching a Chinese show recently, and it's super weird how things get censored. In one scene a character is reading a scientific paper titled "The Effects of Pollution on the Environment" but the word Pollution is blurred out, lol.
I lived in China from 2010 to 2016, lived in Guangzhou for one year, Shanghai for 5, and traveled all over the country. As a foreigner living there, I only felt I was living in an authoritarian state when I used the internet. People in society are out and about, unafraid, dining, partying, having fun, shopping shopping shopping... it's capitalism on steroids. When I tried to talk to Chinese people about the government, they never seemed afraid to talk, it just didn't interest them. They reminded me of American teenagers-- talking about friends, dating, their social media, pop culture, but no interest in politics. I met people who had lived abroad, and while there, they never bothered to learn about the Tiananmen Square Massacre. It's like they didn't want to know because the truth would be ugly. And they are believers in Tibet and Taiwan being a part of China. They tow the line whole-heartedly.