Censors weren’t amused. In the heads of the Jiangsu and Hunan satellite stations were both called to Beijing for a meeting with SARFT officials june. “They had been quite harsh,” said one individual briefed from the conference. The message had been easy: Tone along the programs or face cancellation. The agency issued two edicts. One said: “Do not humiliate and attack individuals into the title of dating; usually do not discuss vulgar subjects involving intercourse; do not hype materialism and other unhealthy, incorrect viewpoints on wedding; plus don’t air the show without censorship and editing.”

Zhejiang Satellite Television canceled a dating show. For the right time, it seemed just as if all channels may need to perform some same. One individual in the group of “Take Me Out,” the Hunan show, recalled a producer telling the whole cast and crew: “i would obtain a telephone call at any moment, and all sorts of of you are going to need to clean up and go back home.”

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