Before the cult 1999 film began streaming in China, censors drastically changed the ending so that the anarchist narrator is caught and punished for his crimes.
Being the product of a proletarian revolution, the role of the state is very different in China than it is in the capitalist US. The concern, I would imagine, is that people might interpret the attempted revolution against modern society in the movie as a call for counterrevolution in China.
Most media censorship in China is self-censorship. This would be a decision of the distributor, not the state or party.
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Being the product of a proletarian revolution, the role of the state is very different in China than it is in the capitalist US. The concern, I would imagine, is that people might interpret the attempted revolution against modern society in the movie as a call for counterrevolution in China.
Most media censorship in China is self-censorship. This would be a decision of the distributor, not the state or party.