Last June, officials in Vietnam’s Ministry of Information and Communication canceled the release of an eagerly anticipated film — Bui Doi Cho Lon or The Street Children of Chinatown — because it was deemed too violent, and didn’t portray the “social realities” of Ho Chi Minh City.

The decision wasn’t out of the ordinary; the Vietnamese government has a long history of censoring entertainment. In fact, one year earlier, the same government office banned The Hunger Games. But this time, Bui Doi Cho Lon‘s banning spurred many online memes …read more

Source: Mashable