Different thread, almost same topic.
On the topic of government influence....is it good or bad I just read about a new example.
I don't have a link in English but maybe google translate will help.
http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2694/Inte...raal.dhtml
In short, the chinese government is worried that people get a completely distorted view on reality because of watching stupid entertainment shows on TV and is going to put limits on populair entertainment on TV.
New rules include: only 2 entertainment shows during prime time.
A maximum of 10 talent shows per year and these should all be different.
Now this I think, is a good example of non democratic goverment policy that is a good thing and will benefit the chinese society.
Please don't let this end in a 'where do you draw the line' discussion but just look at this particular case. I think China is doing a good job here.
(the background to this story is that in China people are really worried about the moral of the people, especially after 2 recent cases where children got run over by trucks. in 1 case nobody helped a two year old girl on the middle of the street even after she was hit twice by different trucks and in case 2 a guy ran over a 5 year old boy and then backed off to drive over him again.......both cases apparantly have to do with financial issues.....China has developed a claim culture where there have been cases of people that helped person that were in an accident only to be later trialed and forced to pay huge sums of money to the victims, and also the retribution for killing someone in traffic is much lower than having to pay for someones medical bills)
On the topic of government influence....is it good or bad I just read about a new example.
I don't have a link in English but maybe google translate will help.
http://www.volkskrant.nl/vk/nl/2694/Inte...raal.dhtml
In short, the chinese government is worried that people get a completely distorted view on reality because of watching stupid entertainment shows on TV and is going to put limits on populair entertainment on TV.
New rules include: only 2 entertainment shows during prime time.
A maximum of 10 talent shows per year and these should all be different.
Now this I think, is a good example of non democratic goverment policy that is a good thing and will benefit the chinese society.
Please don't let this end in a 'where do you draw the line' discussion but just look at this particular case. I think China is doing a good job here.
(the background to this story is that in China people are really worried about the moral of the people, especially after 2 recent cases where children got run over by trucks. in 1 case nobody helped a two year old girl on the middle of the street even after she was hit twice by different trucks and in case 2 a guy ran over a 5 year old boy and then backed off to drive over him again.......both cases apparantly have to do with financial issues.....China has developed a claim culture where there have been cases of people that helped person that were in an accident only to be later trialed and forced to pay huge sums of money to the victims, and also the retribution for killing someone in traffic is much lower than having to pay for someones medical bills)