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printing the fourth edition of a travel book because Country’s Film Industry.” South China Morning Post,
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Chinese printers needed the extra time to have the com/news/china/society/article/3018159/chinese-
map vetted. The previous editions of the book were censorship-stifling-countrys-film-industry.
also printed in China but with no similar problems.
But a rule introduced in January 2018 required all Carrigan, Margaret. “Trump Delays Tariffs on
maps be approved by the State Bureau of Surveying Chinese Goods until December-but Not for Art and
and Mapping before being published, republished, Antiquities.” The Art Newspaper, The Art Newspaper,
exported, or imported. The rule was intended to 14 Aug. 2019, www.theartnewspaper.com/news/
crack down on “problem maps”, which China sees us-to-impose-10-tariff-on-all-chinese-art-and-
as inaccurately representing the country and its antiquities-from-1-september.
territorial claims and therefore constituted a serious
affront to its sovereignty and safety, according to Chua, Megan. “Why Are Huge Museums in
Xinhua News Service. PEN America, the US chapter China Virtually Empty?: DW: 29.07.2019.” DW.COM,
of the international literary and human rights Deutsche Welle, 29 July 2019, www.dw.com/
nongovernmental organization, said it was very en/why-are-huge-museums-in-china-virtually-
concerned by the development. The organization empty/a-49738913.
has been raising awareness about how China’s
censorship extends beyond its borders. In some Davis, Rebecca. “China Box Office Drops in
cases, publishers have also found the language they First Six Months, Revealing Mounting Problems.”
use being policed. The term “Everest” was removed Variety, Variety, 4 July 2019, variety.com/2019/
from Victoria University Press’s book Fifteen Million film/news/china-box-office-the-wandering-earth-
Years in Antarctica after the printer took issue bona-1203258863/.
with the word. The mountain, which straddles the
border between Tibet and Nepal is known as Mount Ding, Yining. “China to Remain Second Media and
Qomolangma in Chinese. China launched a campaign Entertainment Market.” SHINE, Shanghai Daily, 5 June
to stop people using the English name in 2002, 2019, www.shine.cn/biz/economy/1906056123/.
with China Daily characterizing the use of Everest
as a way of “humiliating Mount Qomolangma with Frater, Patrick. “China Readies Law Restricting
English-language hegemonism.” In March 2019, the Foreign Television Content.” Variety, Variety, 21 Sept.
Guangdong government ordered a self-published 2018, variety.com/2018/tv/news/china-restrictions-
novel called The Sasson Files, which was set in 1920s foreign-television-content-1202952137/.
Shanghai, to be destroyed even though it was not
going on sale in China. The authors of the book were Hu, Cherie. “State of China’s Recorded-Music
told that inspectors found a sensitive topic in the Industry, As Seen Through One Of Its Quietest Yet
content and ordered the books’ destruction (Lew). Most Powerful Companies.” Billboard, Billboard,
6 Feb. 2019, www.billboard.com/articles/
business/8496661/outdustry-china-recorded-
music-industry-challenges-streaming.
Huang, Andrew. “2017 Sports Industry
OutputOfficially Announced.” Yutang Sports, Yutang
Sports, 9 Jan. 2019, mobile.ytsports.cn/news-4854.
html.
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local distribution or do not contain China related Works Cited
content. Awa Press, a New Zealand publisher,
suffered a one-month delay in October 2019 when Bloomberg. “Chinese Censorship Is Stifling
printing the fourth edition of a travel book because Country’s Film Industry.” South China Morning Post,
the book contained a map of Antarctica and the South China Morning Post, 11 July 2019, www.scmp.
Chinese printers needed the extra time to have the com/news/china/society/article/3018159/chinese-
map vetted. The previous editions of the book were censorship-stifling-countrys-film-industry.
also printed in China but with no similar problems.
But a rule introduced in January 2018 required all Carrigan, Margaret. “Trump Delays Tariffs on
maps be approved by the State Bureau of Surveying Chinese Goods until December-but Not for Art and
and Mapping before being published, republished, Antiquities.” The Art Newspaper, The Art Newspaper,
exported, or imported. The rule was intended to 14 Aug. 2019, www.theartnewspaper.com/news/
crack down on “problem maps”, which China sees us-to-impose-10-tariff-on-all-chinese-art-and-
as inaccurately representing the country and its antiquities-from-1-september.
territorial claims and therefore constituted a serious
affront to its sovereignty and safety, according to Chua, Megan. “Why Are Huge Museums in
Xinhua News Service. PEN America, the US chapter China Virtually Empty?: DW: 29.07.2019.” DW.COM,
of the international literary and human rights Deutsche Welle, 29 July 2019, www.dw.com/
nongovernmental organization, said it was very en/why-are-huge-museums-in-china-virtually-
concerned by the development. The organization empty/a-49738913.
has been raising awareness about how China’s
censorship extends beyond its borders. In some Davis, Rebecca. “China Box Office Drops in
cases, publishers have also found the language they First Six Months, Revealing Mounting Problems.”
use being policed. The term “Everest” was removed Variety, Variety, 4 July 2019, variety.com/2019/
from Victoria University Press’s book Fifteen Million film/news/china-box-office-the-wandering-earth-
Years in Antarctica after the printer took issue bona-1203258863/.
with the word. The mountain, which straddles the
border between Tibet and Nepal is known as Mount Ding, Yining. “China to Remain Second Media and
Qomolangma in Chinese. China launched a campaign Entertainment Market.” SHINE, Shanghai Daily, 5 June
to stop people using the English name in 2002, 2019, www.shine.cn/biz/economy/1906056123/.
with China Daily characterizing the use of Everest
as a way of “humiliating Mount Qomolangma with Frater, Patrick. “China Readies Law Restricting
English-language hegemonism.” In March 2019, the Foreign Television Content.” Variety, Variety, 21 Sept.
Guangdong government ordered a self-published 2018, variety.com/2018/tv/news/china-restrictions-
novel called The Sasson Files, which was set in 1920s foreign-television-content-1202952137/.
Shanghai, to be destroyed even though it was not
going on sale in China. The authors of the book were Hu, Cherie. “State of China’s Recorded-Music
told that inspectors found a sensitive topic in the Industry, As Seen Through One Of Its Quietest Yet
content and ordered the books’ destruction (Lew). Most Powerful Companies.” Billboard, Billboard,
6 Feb. 2019, www.billboard.com/articles/
business/8496661/outdustry-china-recorded-
music-industry-challenges-streaming.
Huang, Andrew. “2017 Sports Industry
OutputOfficially Announced.” Yutang Sports, Yutang
Sports, 9 Jan. 2019, mobile.ytsports.cn/news-4854.
html.
340
