Censorship

We could say that different countries have different culture, for example, German and Ireland are European countries, but Germany people are punctual to appointment whereas Irish people are always late for 10 minutes or event half an hour; Although China and Japan are Asian countries, the architectures in Japan are more look like European and USA's, and Japanese people's thought are mixture of both European (open minded) and Asian ( non-open minded).

Because of regional differences, people even have different overview on the same thing. For instance, most of Chinese people are despise gay whereas gay could married in European countries and USA. I don't know is gay legal or not in Japan, but there are lots of cartoons, novels and drama CDs about gay stories and they could be published.

Chinese people could not access to Facebook, twitter and YouTube, in my point of view, there are lots of unhealthy videos on YouTube and they are not allowed to watch as government of China said, they are not good for children's grow up.

In recent years, Japan's cartoons are not allowed to play on TV in China because Chinese government said they are violence and unhealthy. When I was a child, we could watch Japan's cartoons on TV, but they are all in Chinese because government don't want children listen to Japanese and learn Japanese, the government thought children would gradually not concentrating on Chinese culture.

Most Chinese people are not satisfied with government, people talk about the politics on table (when having dinner in the restaurant) and online as well. There are some forums for people to register and be a member of them and talk about their thoughts about China and also the world. However, in recent years, government started to censor these forums and then most of them are forced to close, apparently people are reluctantly.

As I know, the copyright of DVD is well controlled in European countries, USA and Japan. In China, there are lots of pirate DVD and sold very cheap. It's illegal of course, sellers are very careful to avoid finding by polices.
Talking about political thing is really a sensitive topic in China, and also the relationship between China and Japan because of the history. These topics are not very happy topic to talk about, there are lots of entertainment topics in China to talk about like movie stars, sports stars, etc. Happiness is important for people's lives ^_^