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Originally Posted by Clintone
China has aired the movie V for Vendetta
BEIJING (AP) — Television audiences across China watched an anarchist antihero rebel against a totalitarian government and persuade the people to rule themselves. Soon the Internet was crackling with quotes of "V for Vendetta's" famous line: "People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people."
The airing of the movie Friday night on China Central Television stunned viewers and raised hopes that China is loosening censorship.
"V for Vendetta" never appeared in Chinese theaters, but it is unclear whether it was ever banned. An article on the Communist Party's People's Daily website says it was previously prohibited from broadcast, but the spokesman for the agency that approves movies said he was not aware of any ban.
China's airing of 'V for Vendetta' stuns viewers - Yahoo! News |
Wake me up when they can have another political party without getting arrested.
Not to mention, China's system of government looks a whole lot like how parts of this country operate.....like Chicago for example.
You can have limited censorship and still control people in other ways.
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