China to move toward YouTube like internet videos
A patriotic Chinese TV drama about a group of soldiers from disparate backgrounds uniting to fight Japanese forces near the China-Burmese border in 1942. That normally wouldn't be controversial in China.
Instead, the popular TV series, "My Commander, My Unit," which first started airing in March, became embroiled in a heated battle among China's Internet video sites and TV broadcasters that even drew government censors into the fray.
At the heart of the issue is who gets dibs on screening popular domestic and foreign films and TV shows first. That has traditionally been a competition among government broadcasting stations. But now that the cultural regulator, State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), has dictated that popular Chinese online video sites need airing licenses too, things have not been pretty. In fact, Chinese government efforts to regulate Internet screenings of domestic and foreign programs are colliding head-on with Chinese online video sites' aggressive efforts to expand in that area in a legitimate way.
posted by Zachary Kenitzer at 5:02 PM
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Freedom of information is a major political barrier still facing the Chinese. Until they give exposure to their people, the reign of communist oppression will not end.
It's usually through this advantage of being able to convey information that a country grows. The development is a component of fostering progressive ideologies.
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