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China bans 100 more songs from the Internet

article published on 29 August, 2011

The Chinese ministry of culture has banned 100 songs from the Internet saying that any track that "harm the security of state culture must be cleaned up and regulated under the law." It is unclear why exactly the songs were banned, but China is known for censoring anything it deems politically sensitive or potentially offensive. Included in the list are songs from The Backstreet Boys, ... [ read the full article ]

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Hyasuma
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_ 		29. August 2011 @ 22:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
F U China!
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nonoitall
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_ 		29. August 2011 @ 22:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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Included in the list are songs from The Backstreet Boys, Beyonce, Simple Plan and four songs from Lady Gaga.

This is a rare instance where I think censorship might be the right way to go. :-P

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elbald90
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_ 		30. August 2011 @ 02:09 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by nonoitall:
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Included in the list are songs from The Backstreet Boys, Beyonce, Simple Plan and four songs from Lady Gaga.

This is a rare instance where I think censorship might be the right way to go. :-P

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agreed , now they just have to put justin bieber on the list and i might just consider moving there
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xtago
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_ 		30. August 2011 @ 09:00 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
They blanket ban.

Be songs with swearing or too sexual etc.
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_ 		30. August 2011 @ 11:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
This is starting to remind me of the Cold War era when the USSR banned a bunch of western music (not western as in country/western either).

Continue to force your will on the people & IT WILL come back to bite you in the ass.
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xaznboitx
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_ 		30. August 2011 @ 21:10 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Harm? let's see... China kills a mother's child if they have more than 2 daughters hm... China is stupid.
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_ 		31. August 2011 @ 05:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
So I guess this means I won't be able to listen to my Rage Against the Machine tunes there. Bummer.
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_ 		31. August 2011 @ 07:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by nonoitall:
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Included in the list are songs from The Backstreet Boys, Beyonce, Simple Plan and four songs from Lady Gaga.

This is a rare instance where I think censorship might be the right way to go. :-P

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Why be sarcastic about it? Why not just openly agree with censorship in this case lol.
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Originally posted by xaznboitx:
 Harm? let's see... China kills a mother's child if they have more than 2 daughters hm... China is stupid.
they dont actually kill the child.the family just becomes an outcast of society and frown upon by the government and the people.
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dEwMe
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_ 		31. August 2011 @ 13:17 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
What is this China? Oh yeah it is....What else would we expect from them?

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Just my $0.02,

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