List of banned items in China
This is a list of banned items in the People's Republic of China. This list includes books, movies, television shows, products, plays, people, artists, websites that have been temporarily, permanently, partially or fully banned in the PRC or its dependencies.
Media
Anime, Manga & Comics
Literature
- Chung Kuo Novels[citation needed]
- Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
- Big_River,_Big_Sea_—_Untold_Stories_of_1949[3]
- Zhuan Falun[4]
Film & Television
- Ben-Hur, for containing "propaganda of superstitious beliefs, namely Christianity." (Never given permission to screen)[5]
- The Blue Kite, a Chinese film that was not only banned, but deemed so offensive that director Tian Zhuangzhuang received a 10-year ban from making films.[6] It won the Grand Prix at the Tokyo International Film Festival, and Best Film at the Hawaii International Film Festival.
- Farewell My Concubine, a Chinese film that won the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or, was banned due to homosexual themes and negative portrayal of communism.[7]
- Frozen (Pinyin: Jídù hánleng) is directed by Wang Xiaoshuai. The film was originally shot in 1994, but was banned by Chinese authorities and had to be smuggled out of the country.
- ' 'A.I., directed by Steven Spielberg is banned because it is too sad and shows a bad scenario in the future.
- Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, for its unflattering depictions of Chinese society (never given permission to screen)[8]
- Scorsese's The Departed, for suggesting that the government intends to use nuclear weapons on Taiwan (a sensitive political issue – never given permission to screen)[9]
- Death Note: Banned because people were making their own death notes and writing people's names down to imitate the show, which was deemed harmful, and was thought to incite anarchy and insubordination.
- Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End was banned because (according to Xinhua, the state news agency of the People's Republic of China) 10 minutes of footage containing Chow Yun-fat's portrayal of Singaporean pirate Sao Feng have been trimmed from versions of the film which may be shown in China. Chow is onscreen for 20 minutes in the uncensored theatrical release of the film. No official reason for the censorship was given, but unofficial sources within China have indicated that the character offered a negative and stereotypical portrayal of the Chinese people.[10]
- Avatar, 2D versions were banned on January 23 because it was thought that its themes may lead audiences to think about forced removal, and may possibly incite violence
- Temptress Moon[11]
- Seven Years in Tibet[12]
- Brokeback Mountain[13]
- Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest[14]
- The Dark Knight[15]
- Tomb Raider 2[16]
- The Departed[17]
- Back to The Future, for portraying time travel[18]
- Doctor Who[19]
- Star Trek[20]
- The Terminator[21]
- Torchwood, allowed in Hong Kong, if gay references are removed
- Mulan saw a limited release in China[22]
- The Simpsons[23]
- Mickey Mouse[23]
Theatre
- Turandot banned until the 1990's[citation needed]
Music
Video Games
- Hearts of Iron[25]
- Hearts of Iron 2
- Command & Conquer: Generals — Zero Hour[26]
- The Sims 2[26]
- Fifa 2005[26]
- I.G.I.-2: Covert Strike
Websites
- YouTube[27][28][29][30]
- Vimeo – Blocked since October 15, 2009.[31]
- Twitter – Blocked since June 2, 2009.[28][32][33]
- Google Documents
- Google+ – Blocked since June 28, 2011; accessible in certain areas of the PRC.
- Google App Engine
- Picasa Web Albums – Blocked since July 2009.[34]
- IMDB (Internet Movie Database) – Blocked since October 2010.
- Technorati (www.technorati.com) – Still blocked as of July 2, 2008.[35]
- Blogspot blogs – Still blocked as of July 4, 2010, but Blogger no longer appears blocked. Both Blogspot blogs and Blogger as of May 15, 2009, had been fully blocked.[28][29][36]
- Plurk (www.plurk.com) – Still blocked as of April 23, 2009.[37]
- Wretch – The largest Taiwanese blog and image hoster, blocked since August 2007;[38] blocked as of April 25, 2009.
- PBworks – Still blocked as of January 19, 2011.[39]
- China Bill of Rights (www.chinabillofrights.org)[40]
- Reporters Without Borders (www.rsf.org)[40]
- Wikileaks (www.wikileaks.be) [41]
- Falun Gong – related websites like (www.falundafa.org).[42][43]
- Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation – Norwegian website blocked due to the awarding of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese human activist Liu Xiaobo.
- Radio Canada International – Chinese version, still blocked as of March 2010.[42]
- Huffington Post (www.huffingtonpost.com)[44]
- China Times (www.chinatimes.com.tw) – At various days in 2002.[42]
- United Nations News (www.unitednationsnews.com) – An independent news website not affiliated with the United Nations.[42]
- WordswithMeaning! (www.wordswithmeaning.org) - An independent news and political affairs provider, blocked due to content regarding conspiracy, freedom of speech and stories regarding E.T life [45] [46]
- Boxun.com – Due to call for Jasmine revolution on the website.[47]
- Ustream.tv – A platform for lifecasting and live video streaming of events online; blocked since April 2011.[48]
- Central Tibetan Administration (www.tibet.com) - Blocked October 2002.[40]
- Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements in China (http://www.alliance.org.hk/) - Block as of June 17, 2009.
- Isohunt[49]
- Most websites hosted by ipage.com
- Most major pornography sites
See Also
- Censorship in China
- Blocking of Wikipedia by the People's Republic of China
- Censorship in Hong Kong
- Freedom of religion in the People's Republic of China
- Human rights in the People's Republic of China
- Internal media of the People's Republic of China
- Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China
- Internet freedom
- Media of the People's Republic of China
- Propaganda in the People's Republic of China
- Radio jamming in China
References
- ^ China Bans Deathnote (Chinese)
- ^ Conflicting Discourses on Boys' Love and Subcultural Tactics in Mainland China and Hong Kong
- ^ China Free Press Lung Ying-tai becomes an internet pariah in China. Chinafreepress.org (2009-09-18). Retrieved on 2010-05-09.
- ^ Bald, Margaret (c2006). Banned Books : Literature Suppressed on cultural grounds. New York, NY: Facts on File. pp. 354–358. ISBN 0816062692.
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- ^ http://www.yesasia.com/us/yumcha/banned-in-china/0-0-0-arid.215-en/featured-article.html Tian Zhuangzhuang whose 1992 Blue Kite was not only banned, but deemed so offensive that it also earned him a 10-year ban from making films.
- ^ Kristof, Nicholas D. (4 August 1993). "China Bans One of Its Own Films; Cannes Festival Gave It Top Prize". New York Times. Retrieved 5 July 2010.
- ^ "China bans Tomb Raider sequel". BBC News. 2003-08-29.
- ^ China Whacks The Departed, E!
- ^ "China gives bald pirate the chop". Associated Press. 2007-06-15. Retrieved 2006-06-15. [dead link]
- ^ Tung, Lily (2001). "Waiting For the Ice to Melt". AsiaWeek. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
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- ^ [Chinese Censors 'Ban' Brokeback Mountain]
- ^ [Pirates of the Caribbean Censored for China]
- ^ [Dark Knight won't be on big screen in China - BBC]
- ^ [China Bans Tomb Raider Sequel - BBC]
- ^ [The Departed, Banned In China?]
- ^ [China Bans Time Travel on TV]
- ^ [Doctor Who, A Threat to Social Order?]
- ^ [Star Trek Banned In China]
- ^ [China Bans Time Travel]
- ^ [China vs Disney, Battle for Mulan]
- ^ a b [American Cartoons Banned from Chinese Prime Time]
- ^ [Guns N Roses' Album Chinese Democracy Banned by China]
- ^ [Swedish Video Game Banned for Harming China's Sovereignty]
- ^ a b c [Banned In Beijing: China Cracks Down on Games]
- ^ "YouTube blocked in China". HerdictWeb. 2009-05-18. Retrieved 2009-05-18.
- ^ a b c Branigan, Tania (2009-06-02). "China blocks Twitter, Flickr and Hotmail ahead of Tiananmen anniversary". London: guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ a b "Blocking of Twitter, YouTube, Flickr and Blogger deprives Chinese of Web 2.0". Reporters without Borders. 2009-06-02.
- ^ Schwankert, Steven (2007-10-18). "YouTube blocked in China; Flickr, Blogspot restored". IDG News. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
- ^ [1], Shanghaiist
- ^ "Reports: China blocks Web sites ahead of Tiananmen anniversary". CNN.com. 2009-06-02. Retrieved 2010-05-11.
- ^ Wauters, Robin (2009-07-07). "China Blocks Access To Twitter, Facebook After Riots". washingtonspost.com. Retrieved June 3, 2010.
- ^ [2], Shanghai Tech Writer
- ^ Hertz, Adam (2006-04-26). "Access to Technorati from China". Technorati.
- ^ Goldkorn, Jeremy (2009-05-15). "Blogger.com blocked, but not the Washington Post". Danwei.
- ^ "China Blocks Micro-Messaging Site Plurk. Is Twitter Next?". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2009-04-23.
- ^ China blocks public access to Taiwan’s blog portal sites, China Post, 05 January 2008.
- ^ "The dilemma presented by China’s content filtering of my current handouts website", retrieved 2010-07-13.
- ^ a b c "Reporters Without Borders website blocked". Reporters without Borders. 2003-04-15.
- ^ John, Paczkowski (2008-02-18). "Like Trying to Take Pee Out of a Swimming Pool …". Digitaldaily.com. Archived from the original on February 28, 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-20.
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- ^ David Flumenbaum (2008-06-19). "Huffington Post Blocked in Mainland China". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ . WWM HQ http://www.wwmhq.tumblr.com.
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- ^ http://www.greatfirewall.biz/ustream.tv
- ^ [3], TorrentFreak news: IsoHunt blocked.