China: Dwelling Narrowness

Friday, November 27th, 2009 @ 03:05 UTC

by Oiwan Lam

Countries:
China
Topics:
Freedom of Speech, Entertainment
Languages:
English

A popular Chinese drama “Dwelling Narrowness” was “re-scheduled” without explanation recently. ESWN translated various reports and discussions about the drama. A recent development of the drama is that one of the main characters becomes the mistress of a government official in order to help repay her older sister's mortgage.

4 comments

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    # 2010-01-5 at 17:40 pm

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