Taiwan media regulator wants less Korean content on TV

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[evilcoc0nut]

lulz, sadly no. =/

[samanosukesgirl]

While no longer part of Arama, sadly, it be true. :C

[siutou_amy]

While I did consider the protests in Japan racist in nature (come on, that was just the stirring of old anti-Korean feelings), I do think the actor's comment was just an opinion probably sparked by Korean competition. He was in his rights to comment.

I don't think I have a problem with Taiwan regulating the amount of Japanese/Korean dramas if they also regulate the amount of American/European content. I don't even know if they have American series dubbed in Mandarin... LOL - so, do they? Can anyone tell me?

I say, if the network is a private company and not state-owned, it should feel free to broadcast any type of programming it deems it's good business (and according to rated programming), disregarding the country of origin.

[samanosukesgirl]

But it's not racist....

[samanosukesgirl]

....

racism

a belief or doctrine that inherent differences among the various human races determine cultural or individual achievement, usually involving the idea that one's own race is superior and has the right to rule others.

and

a policy, system of government, etc., based upon or fostering such a doctrine; discrimination.

and

hatred or intolerance of another race or other races.

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racist

a person who believes in racism, the doctrine that a certain human race is superior to any or all others.
adjective

and

of or like racists or racism: racist policies; racist attitudes.

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Source? The fucking dictionary.

[idarklight]

I think people are just trying to extend racism toward a different groups of people. To many Asian countries, they do consider different countries/regions a significantly different race than themselves.

There have definitely been times when in describing certain Taiwanese artists' comments, I have used "racism" when they are discriminating against mainlanders because it's the closest word I could find, and it definitely seems like to those people that they are of a different race.

That said, I don't think this regulation rooted from racism versus simply protecting their industries.

[evilcoc0nut]

I would use discrimination, bias, or xenophobic. Those are way more appropriate words by how they are defined. Racism is power + obviously, one race disliking another.

[puppet_princess]

I don't really find this all that racist or discriminatory even if they are targeting Korea specifically, because, ho man, have you ever really taken a look at a Taiwanese programming guide or network websites? The Korean shows are really starting to overpower the Taiwanese stuff. I don't think it's unfair for them to set a limit. It would be completely different if it was a full out ban, but they are mostly just trying to keep the money it takes to produce a drama in the country, giving people jobs, and stimulating economy rather than just paying Korea and other countries for content. The citizens who support the reduction may be supporting it because they are bigots, but that doesn't necessarily mean it's the same reason for the NCC

[evilcoc0nut]

Agree with the second part tbh. We have special channels for Mexican stuff, but that's about it. Oh, the occasional foreign film on premium channels. I pretty much think it's because we think our stuff is better than everyone else's and no one wants to hear any language besides English. :|

[puppet_princess]

Or in other accents. Which is why BBCAmerica has their own network too.

[evilcoc0nut]

Lol yeah. We're such gits. =/

[zr_misc]

This was like Japan's Sousuke Takaoka tweets about the Hallyu wave.