CHINA-INTERNAL: PROPAGANDA CONTROLS

The South China Morning Post reported on September 4, 2017, that just weeks before the 19th Party Congress the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television issued more than a dozen guidelines on TV content on September 4, 2017. The State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television's announcement comes after investigators from the provincial party discipline inspection committee found Hunan Television, the country’s top news and entertainment station, to be lacking in “ideological understanding”. The committee had jut a week earlier criticised the station for “deviating from its value as a party mouthpiece”, for being too entertainment-centred, for focusing too much on ratings, and for airing content that sent public opinion in the “wrong direction” and "resulting in adverse social impact.” The first of the 14 guidelines said the industry would ramp up production of “ a large number of TV dramas that sing the praises of the party, the motherland, the people, as well as its heroes”.

Domestic networks will also set aside prime time for programmes with major revolutionary and historical themes.







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