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Old 08-13-2006, 01:01 PM   #1
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China Bans 'Simpsons' From Prime Time TV

Published: Sun, 13 Aug 2006 15:11:54 GMT

BEIJING (AP) -- D'oh! China has banished Homer Simpson, Pokemon and Mickey Mouse from prime time. Beginning Sept. 1, regulators have barred foreign cartoons from TV from 5 to 8 p.m. in an effort to protect China's struggling animation studios, news reports said Sunday. The move allows the Monkey King and his Chinese pals to get the top TV viewing hours to themselves....
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Old 08-13-2006, 01:36 PM   #2
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Commies.

If 80% of the people don't like your cartoons, many of them are just going to watch nothing rather than be subjected to crap.
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Don't they have more important I will donate to VGF.I will donate to VGF.I will donate to VGF.I will donate to VGF. to worry about than cartoons?
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It's stupid, but hardly unheard of. American car companies might not be here today if not for similar actions by our own government.
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What a free country they are. hehheh. Their communistic country is going to fall so when people want more rights, or a Mikhail Gorbachev takes the position. As much as their culture may be interesting, their government is not.

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