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China widens ban on immoral songs, supervision tightened

Xinhua, August 12, 2015 Adjust font size:

The Ministry of Culture vowed to tighten supervision on entertainment venues and cafes after giving a two-week notice to website administrators to remove morally incorrect songs.

On Monday, the ministry published a list of 120 songs banned from online distribution for "trumpeting obscenity, violence, crime or harming social morality". On Wednesday, it said the ban is also effective for entertainment venues, live performances, and audio-visual publications.

"Karaoke systems are forbidden from providing blacklisted songs or their music videos; for-profit performances should not use these songs; Internet service venues are not allowed to download, copy, release or spread them; audio-visual and electronic publications should not include them," the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry set Aug. 25 as the deadline for the removal of the banned songs, with unspecified "severe punishment" for those failing to comply.

With a focus on the songs in question, the ministry said it will strengthen supervision on the online cultural market as well as entertainment venues and publications. Endi