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China Bans Movies About ... Time Travel

Bureau complains that they're 'totally made up'

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 7, 2011 2:22 PM CDT | Updated Apr 9, 2011 4:15 PM CDT

(Newser) – China’s censors are taking a hard line against... flux capacitors? Yes, it seems that time travel TV shows and movies have become increasingly popular in China, and regulators at the General Bureau of Radio, Film and Television are sick of them. They issued a declaration last week calling for a halt on all such dramas, Tech Dirt reports.

“Many stories are totally made up,” the bureau complained. “The producers and writers are treating the serious history in a frivolous way, which should by no means be encouraged anymore.” The bureau has also discouraged any TV or movie versions of “the four great classical novels of China.”

A view of the Forbidden City is seen on a hazy day in Beijing, Thursday, July 31, 2008. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Two employees of the Confucius Temple in Beijing, dressed in traditional officials' robes, wait to participate in a celebration of the birthday of the ancient Chinese sage in this file photo. (Getty Images)

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