China banned time travel in films and TV shows in 2011 to prevent the promotion of superstition, fatalism, and reincarnation. Classic movies like A Christmas Carol, A Connecticut Yankee, and The Time Machine are also not welcomed in the country.
The fantastic concept of time travel does not fly to China. And to make sure that cinema audiences clearly understand the difference between fact and fiction, the country’s State Administration for Radio, Film and Television banned the popular plot device in 2011. The rationale for this ban was that producers and writers were “treating the story seriously in a frivolous way, which by no means should be further encouraged.” Government censors explained that a recent wave of popular movies and TV shows “randomly create myths, have monstrous and bizarre plots, use absurd tactics, and even promote feudalism, superstition, fatalism and reincarnation.”
Classic Movies Not Welcomed in China:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, in which the ghosts escort Ebenezer Scrooge into the past to show him his miserable life, then carry him into the future so he can see his heartlessness at work.
A Connecticut Yankee in Mark Twain’s King Arthur’s Court, in which an American engineer is accidentally transported to King Arthur’s court.
HG Wells’ classic The Time Machine, in which an inventor fast-forwards to AD 802,701 and finds a world with two post-human races: Morlocks and Eloi.
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