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'South Park' banned from Chinese internet after critical episode: report
The Hill ^ | 10/07/19 | Morgan Gstalter

Posted on 10/07/2019 9:31:11 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

“South Park” content has reportedly been scrubbed off the internet in China after a controversial episode critical of Chinese censorship and the detention of Muslim minorities.

The Hollywood Reporter noted on Monday that Chinese government censors have begun deleting every clip, episode and online platform of the show from its highly-regulated internet.

Searches on the social media site Weibo turn up zero “South Park” content. Links to episodes and full seasons of the Comedy Central show on streaming service Youku are dead, according to the outlet.

A message reading "According to the relevant law and regulation, this section is temporarily not open” reportedly turns up on a “South Park” thread on China’s largest discussion platform, Baidu’s Tieba.

The ban on “South Park” content reportedly follows a recent episode entitled “Band in China,” according to The Hollywood Reporter.

In the episode, Randy gets caught attempting to sell weed in China and is sent to a work camp similar to the “re-education” internment camps in the Xinjiang Province where possibly more than 2 million Muslim minorities have been held.

SNIP

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


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KEYWORDS: censorship; china; southpark
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1 posted on 10/07/2019 9:31:11 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Have they no Tegrity?


2 posted on 10/07/2019 9:36:03 AM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: subterfuge

I was having lunch and passed a ziti through my nose on that!


3 posted on 10/07/2019 9:36:40 AM PDT by rlmorel (Trump to China: This Capitalist Will Not Sell You the Rope with Which You Will Hang Us.)
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To: yesthatjallen

That took them longer than I figured. Must have something to do with the time difference. I figured it would have been banned before it was over.


4 posted on 10/07/2019 9:37:54 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: yesthatjallen

They were Ok with “Everyone knows General Tso’s chicken”?


5 posted on 10/07/2019 9:40:23 AM PDT by o-n-money
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To: yesthatjallen

When a cartoon threatens your control on power so much you have to censor it, you’ve already got one foot in the grave.


6 posted on 10/07/2019 9:41:36 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists...Socialists...Fascists & AntiFa...Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: yesthatjallen

If a Chinese person searched for ‘South Park’ would their Social Media score drop 100 points?


7 posted on 10/07/2019 9:44:41 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: rlmorel

Lol!


8 posted on 10/07/2019 9:45:40 AM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: yesthatjallen
I wonder if China banned Saturday Night Live?

https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/g-20-cold-open/n12922

9 posted on 10/07/2019 9:46:22 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: yesthatjallen

Respect muh authority!


10 posted on 10/07/2019 9:47:17 AM PDT by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong.)
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To: Yo-Yo

No, but that’s because SNL is boring and not funny, so no one watches it.


11 posted on 10/07/2019 9:50:10 AM PDT by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
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To: yesthatjallen

They don’t have “internet”, they have China Channel 1. The internet was created by free people for free people. The rest of the world and Democrats can’t handle it.


12 posted on 10/07/2019 9:51:37 AM PDT by The Toll
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To: yesthatjallen; Army Air Corps
China is all about Freedom of Speech.

Say otherwise and they will (literally) erase you and your life.

13 posted on 10/07/2019 9:52:32 AM PDT by KC_Lion
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To: subterfuge

They killed Pooh. Those bastids


14 posted on 10/07/2019 9:54:45 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill yo u.)
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To: Vaquero

No, “Randy” killed Pooh. for them.


15 posted on 10/07/2019 9:57:21 AM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not Averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: Secret Agent Man

Randy was a hitman for the chicoms


16 posted on 10/07/2019 10:04:42 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill yo u.)
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To: subterfuge
ROTFL! :-D

That was a fantastic episode. Said to Hubby: "I assume Trey Parker and Matt Stone will NEVER be able to step foot in China after this one."

17 posted on 10/07/2019 10:09:02 AM PDT by nutmeg
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To: subterfuge

Just lots of fentanyl which they “import” one way or another.


18 posted on 10/07/2019 10:12:16 AM PDT by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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To: subterfuge
Have they no Tegrity?

No.

The Chicoms have "authoritah"...and YOU will respect it!


19 posted on 10/07/2019 10:13:21 AM PDT by newfreep ("INSIDE EVERY PROGRESSIVE IS A TOTALITARIAN SCREAMING TO GET OUT" - DAVID HOROWITZ)
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To: yesthatjallen

I think the commies and the Iranians are going to have a very hard time censoring the internet , as their people are very smart and innovative


20 posted on 10/07/2019 10:16:04 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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