Time Travel Banned in China

[Digit]

http://business.blogs.cnn.com/2011/04/1 ... on/?hpt=C2

“The government says … TV dramas shouldn’t have characters that travel back in time and rewrite history. They say this goes against Chinese heritage,” reports CNN’s Eunice Yoon.

Ha ha. Watch out, Marty McFly.

[C is for]

So I wonder how things like Doctor Who and Harry Potter fit into that, where they're not rewriting history so much as ... making it happen retroactively?

[Marduk]

There is reason in Back To the Future for the Chinese government to get upset, but the time travel isn't it.

[krebscout]

We just watched all three of them for research for one of Sauron's school projects. But I don't remember anything about China.

[Marduk]

Number two. His Asian boss. Pretty racist.

[Craig Jessop]

Number two. His Asian boss. Pretty racist.

There you go again, Marduk, equating all Asians with Chinese. ; )

[Marduk]

To be fair, when in doubt, Chinese is the best guess.

Heck, when guessing the nationality of any random person in the entire world, Chinese is STILL your best guess.

[krebscout]

Oh yeah! READ MY FAX, YOU'RE FIRED

I love those movies.

[Dead Cat]

Imdb days he's Japanese.

[UnluckyStuntman]

Imdb days he's Japanese.

pwn'd.

[Marduk]

It doesn't matter. As a Mexican, I'd still think someone was ignorant if they put up Peruvian stereotypes.