
Cartoons and children's shows are next on the chopping block in China's entertainment crackdown
CNN
Comic and animation fans in China were in for a nasty shock this weekend as authorities turned their crackdown on the entertainment industry to yet another target.
The National Radio and Television Administration, the country's broadcasting authority, announced late Friday that it would ban cartoons and other TV shows primarily produced for children that contain any mention of violence, blood, vulgarity or pornography.
TV channels must "resolutely resist bad plots," and instead only broadcast "excellent cartoons with healthy content and promote truth, goodness and beauty," said the authority in a statement on its website.

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