Outofin Posted March 4, 2007 at 05:52 PM Report Posted March 4, 2007 at 05:52 PM The topic has been out there since CCTV's New Year Gala. But I’m not a well informed person and just got to know this today. During Chinese New Year celebrations, pig images were not allowed on TV programs including commercial ads, because Muslims have a loathing of pigs and 2% of Chinese population is Muslims. This must be a problem all around the world. How do other countries deal with the problem? Quote
imron Posted March 5, 2007 at 12:07 AM Report Posted March 5, 2007 at 12:07 AM They didn't have a problem showing ads for alcohol, and Muslims don't like that either. Personally, I think the whole thing is going a little overboard, with people imagining problems that simply don't exist. Similar to some Chinese not wanting to use the dragon as a symbol to represent China for fear that it will give westerners a bad impression. As for how other countries deal with it (assuming here you're talking about non-Muslim countries), I don't think they particularly care about it. In Australia they regularly have ads promoting pork and pork products and it doesn't seem to cause any problems (Australia also has about a 2% muslim population). Quote
Jonny Wang Posted March 5, 2007 at 12:30 AM Report Posted March 5, 2007 at 12:30 AM Holy moly! China is getting politically correct now??? Old, unattractive airline stewardesses can only be a few years away now. What might be next? Quote
Koneko Posted March 5, 2007 at 04:33 PM Report Posted March 5, 2007 at 04:33 PM China is getting politically correct now??? How come they were still allowed to issue 2007 Zodiac stamps featuring a swine and five piglets in China? 2007 Chinese Porcine Stamps K. Quote
pazu Posted March 6, 2007 at 02:19 PM Report Posted March 6, 2007 at 02:19 PM I actually found this news rather hilarious. Quote
flameproof Posted March 7, 2007 at 08:49 AM Report Posted March 7, 2007 at 08:49 AM It is hilarious. Very often there are BS directives coming out of Beijing that are only half, or quarter thought through. Many of them are funny and simply get ignored. Others are well written and very useful, and still get ignored. The "balancing" here is often grotesque. Recently we here in Hong Kong had a RTHK (partly government) produced TV feature about gay marriages. Which resulted in some complains. I can understand that the subject can be uncomfortable for some, of course it would be absolutely unreasonable for anyone to switch the channel. The reason given was "it wasn't balanced" since equal time should have been given to heterosexual marriages. Which is of course a silly idea, as the TV feature was about gay marriages. So what next? Doing a feature on cats, and have to give 50% of airtime for dogs? Quote
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