{"id":4728,"date":"2008-02-15T19:30:19","date_gmt":"2008-02-15T19:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/02\/china-bans-ghost-story-videos.html"},"modified":"2008-02-15T19:30:19","modified_gmt":"2008-02-15T19:30:19","slug":"china-bans-ghost-story-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/02\/china-bans-ghost-story-videos.html","title":{"rendered":"China bans ghost story videos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The more <a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20080214\/od_nm\/ghosts_dc;_ylt=AnYqapaqi1d1SM4.dSCV4C2s0NUE\">they ban it<\/a> the more they&#8217;ll want it. It&#8217;s human nature.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>China has added ghosts, monsters and other things that go bump in the night to its list of banned video and audio content in an intensified crackdown ahead of the Beijing Olympics.<br \/>\n[&#8230;]<br \/>\nOffending content included &#8220;wronged spirits and violent ghosts, monsters, demons, and other inhuman portrayals, strange and supernatural storytelling for the sole purpose of seeking terror and horror,&#8221; the administration said.<br \/>\nThe new guidelines aim to &#8220;control and cleanse the negative effect these items have on society, and to prevent horror, violent, cruel publications from entering the market through official channels and to protect adolescents&#8217; psychological health.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The more they ban it the more they&#8217;ll want it. It&#8217;s human nature. China has added ghosts, monsters and other things that go bump in the night to its list of banned video and audio content in an intensified crackdown ahead of the Beijing Olympics. [&#8230;] Offending content included &#8220;wronged spirits and violent ghosts, monsters,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[401],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>China bans ghost story videos - Reformed Chicks Blabbing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2008\/02\/china-bans-ghost-story-videos.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"China bans ghost story videos - Reformed Chicks Blabbing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The more they ban it the more they&#8217;ll want it. 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