Comments on: Censors Hone In On Chinese TV Dating Shows http://www.techblog86.com/2010/06/censors-hone-in-on-chinese-tv-dating-shows/ Greater China + Tech + 2.0 + Blog. (Do the maths!). Onboard: David Feng Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:23:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: DavidFeng http://www.techblog86.com/2010/06/censors-hone-in-on-chinese-tv-dating-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-3281 DavidFeng Sun, 13 Jun 2010 13:14:48 +0000 http://www.techblog86.com/?p=396#comment-3281 @Cong: Same here (born in 1982; welcome to the club). :-) Have seen clips but same here, no fan; in fact, I started out a foe as it was really shocking at first. Professors and media doctorates deride the term "eyeball economy", but this is it, kicking in action. Whatever guarantees as many eyeballs as possible, they will do it. State-side they say: only two kinds of bodies attract eyeballs — nude ones and ones with blood. The show's not to be taken 100% seriously; it does show the ugly side of society; but that's not 100%. Comparatively I say, us in the 80s are doing a fair bit better than those in the 90s. They're to be thanked for the Martian Nao Can characters on the Interwebs, but comparatively they still have a long way to go! Enjoy the long 3-dayer too! :-) @Cong: Same here (born in 1982; welcome to the club). :-) Have seen clips but same here, no fan; in fact, I started out a foe as it was really shocking at first. Professors and media doctorates deride the term “eyeball economy”, but this is it, kicking in action. Whatever guarantees as many eyeballs as possible, they will do it. State-side they say: only two kinds of bodies attract eyeballs — nude ones and ones with blood. The show’s not to be taken 100% seriously; it does show the ugly side of society; but that’s not 100%.

Comparatively I say, us in the 80s are doing a fair bit better than those in the 90s. They’re to be thanked for the Martian Nao Can characters on the Interwebs, but comparatively they still have a long way to go!

Enjoy the long 3-dayer too! :-)

]]> By: Cong http://www.techblog86.com/2010/06/censors-hone-in-on-chinese-tv-dating-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-3280 Cong Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:30:33 +0000 http://www.techblog86.com/?p=396#comment-3280 I am a Chinese 80s generation,as you mentioned. I have watched the show but I am not a fan of it. I don't quite understand why such a dating show is so popular in China. But many of my friends and I just consider " Are you the one"as a kind of American reality TV. We believe some of the girls and boys who join in the show just want to be famous and be a star rather than to find a boyfrend. Maybe you had already known that some of the girls' nude photos revealed when they were in the show. What i want to say is please don't take serious about the show. I can't deny it reflects part of Chinese society, but it's not everything. Good weekend. I am a Chinese 80s generation,as you mentioned. I have watched the show but I am not a fan of it. I don’t quite understand why such a dating show is so popular in China. But many of my friends and I just consider ” Are you the one”as a kind of American reality TV. We believe some of the girls and boys who join in the show just want to be famous and be a star rather than to find a boyfrend. Maybe you had already known that some of the girls’ nude photos revealed when they were in the show. What i want to say is please don’t take serious about the show. I can’t deny it reflects part of Chinese society, but it’s not everything.

Good weekend.

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