Music banned in Taiwan during KMT martial-law era. Is there a list somewhere?
Found this from a simple search.
I’m wondering if any of them have been updated and performed by more modern artists?
From this news article.
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From the following article of The Taiwan Gazette
CATEGORIES OF PROHIBITED SONGS UNDER MARTIAL LAW
The main deciding factor of whether a post-war song should be banned was based on political reasons. If a song violated the following rules and regulations, it would be difficult to escape from the fate of being banned:
Left-leaning ideology, Propaganda for the Communist Party
Plagiarizes Communist propaganda and work
Lyrics are depressing in a way that negatively impacts citizen morale
Reflects contemporary mistakes and causes misunderstanding
To conclude, for the reasons listed above, songs with left-leaning ideology became the number one targets of being censored and forbidden.
Aside from prohibiting songs with left-leaning ideology, Communist propaganda elements, lyrics that were reminiscent of the Communist Party, or any other reasons that jeopardized the anti-communist tenet, a song could also be banned if it reflected social reality or implicitly criticized government policies.
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1938 誉れの軍夫(榮譽的軍夫)1934[雨夜花]重新填詞之日軍宣傳歌曲
this is the original article in Chinese
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Bring back the ban, this time for soppy insincere Mandopop love songs.
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And K-pop.
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Worth a bump. pre election and and all.
Are there any entertainment that is banned currently by chance? Songs, movies, shows, documentaries etc?
If it’s going to be broadcasted then there might be some regulation regarding profanity or indecent content. Otherwise there is no law that would allow the government to ban something.
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wasnt this a problem with south park a decade or 2 ago with the very much incorrect translations? I wonder if it was removed from tv based on regulation, or just private business’ decisions?
It always made me giggle when they translated the racist remarks towards jews as racist remarks against hakka 