According to interim rules outlined by the country’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, karaoke must not endanger the national unity, sovereignty or territorial integrity, incite ethnic hatred or undermine ethnic unity, promote creed or superstition or the religious of the state. The policies should not be violated.
The ministry said the songs should not encourage obscenity, gambling, violence, drug-related activities or crime, nor should they insult or condemn others.
According to the ministry, the rules will “promote socialist core values, and uphold national cultural security and ideological security.”
Content providers for karaoke venues will be responsible for monitoring the songs, the ministry said, adding that China has more than 50,000 “song and dance entertainment” venues across the country, and a catalog of more than 100,000 songs, which is hard to find. Will be Of the Police.
This ban will be effective from October 1.
Censorship – online and otherwise – is common in China, with an increasingly strict line on entertainment content deemed inappropriate.
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