> On Apr 10, 2:48 am, "fyfp...@gmail.com" gmail.com> wrote:
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>>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070406/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_china_tv

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>> BEIJING (Reuters) - China's broadcasting watchdog has issued a list of
>> rules governing the airing of its latest take on the "American Idol"
>> television series, urging the singing contest "Happy Boys Voice" to
>> uphold high moral standards.

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>> ....."No weirdness, no vulgarity and no low taste," said the notice
>> seen on Friday on the Web site of the State Administration of Radio,
>> Film and Television.
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>> I am of the view that a government has both the obligation and the
>> right to interfere into the social taste of its youths and in this
>> case the Chinese government has the right to at least comment on a new
>> wave of Lenonism or Micheal Jacksonism or that slut Hiltonism before
>> the latter becomes another phenomenon named the Africanization of the
>> Chinese minds.

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> I've always said that a picture is worth a thousand words, and a video
> a million. So let's be a little bit more precise what we're talking
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> Let's start off with this one. South Korean "Fly to the Sky". Is a
> love triangle too subversive? Is this video too vulgar because of the
> "love scenes"?
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> (1)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUpSFn0hPJ4
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> Next we have Taiwanese pop. Some even label him as king of Mandopop.
> So let's see....Now, is this too vulgar for your taste? Just
> interested in your opinion.
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> (2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhPUzgfBoS8
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> Notice prostitutes at the beginning of the clip! Note also however the
> very tame subject matter of the "Herbalist Manual"....
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> Let's compare all this to how North Americans do it. "Shake That" was
> played prominently in computer stores in Hong Kong in Jan 2007.
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> (3)http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6M83mvkO94
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> Lyrics are found here: http://tinyurl.com/jd7tx
> For obvious reasons, the video is anime to prevent a beyond-R rating.
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> Last, another Taiwanese Jay Chou video features the following slightly
> altered lyrics:
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> (4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcgjYyLCHic
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> Partial translation of lyrics for those who do not read Chinese are
> found in the comments section by poster Kashiva. They're reproduced
> partially here.
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> So, I ask. Of the above: (1), (2), (3), and (4) -- which ones should
> the government allow? None of them? All of them? What do you think?
> I'm not debating, just curious what your level of comfort is.- 隐藏被引用

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