8 Aug 2010 - China's Minister for Culture Cai Wu has lashed out to the mainland's broadcasters and publishers, saying that most of their productions were "
vulgar and kitsch". Mr. Wu went on and said that most products are only full of gossip, money-worship and consumerism. He asked how many of the annually produced books could compare with famous scripts from China's ancestors or how many TV dramas would be recognized as classics. His comments follow comments along similar lines by President Hu Jiantao a few weeks ago. Mr. Wu blamed the changes on China's move to a market economy. China is now the second economy in the world and recently China's leaders have turned their attention to the country's culture development and influence. Instead of importing vulgar trash, the idea seems to be to produce - and possibly export - quality. But I am not sure people choose quality over trash?
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