Time for code orange as the General Administration of Press and Publications (GAPP) announces it will try to regulate online publications. According to the China Tech News Kou Xiaowei, a deputy director of the print censor, his organization is preparing a system of approval and permission for online publications.
China's regulatory system for media is highly segmented and the different regulators one by one try to get involved in the online media, who are breaking down the traditional segmentation of the media. At the end of last year the State Administration of Radio, TV and Film (SARFT) tried to get hold on the video sharing market, but basically got nowhere, at the time.
When the regulators are fighting to hold or even expand their turf they are up for a fight with colleague censors, the industry and the audiences, who increasingly turn to the internet. My prediction is that GAPP will not get very far, but might still be out to kill some chickens to scare off the monkeys, as the Chinese saying goes.
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