China Uncensored
GenrePolitics
News
Anti-censorship
Anti-Chinese Communist Party
Presented byChris Chappell
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Production locationNew York City
Production companyAmerica Uncovered LLC
Original release
Release2012 (2012)
China Uncensored
YouTube information
Channel
Years active2012–present
GenreNews
Subscribers1.9 million[1]
Total views478 million[1]
Last updated: August 19, 2023

China Uncensored is a YouTube commentary channel that focuses on sensitive political issues in China with elements of humor and irony. The show opposes the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Chris Chappell is the host of the series.[2][3]

Until 2020,[citation needed] the YouTube show was compiled into longer 30-minute episodes aired by New York–based New Tang Dynasty Television, which is affiliated with Falun Gong, a new religious movement banned in China.[2][4] NTD added Chinese subtitles to these longer episodes and broadcast them into mainland China.[4] Vox has described the show as an affiliate of "The Epoch Times's media empire".[5]

China Uncensored is owned and produced by America Uncovered LLC, a New York–based company owned by Chris Chappell and his co-hosts that also produces the YouTube show America Uncovered and the podcast China Unscripted.[6]

In April 2017, Apple TV temporarily blocked China Uncensored in mainland China, citing local laws, and also blocked the show in Hong Kong and Taiwan.[7][3][8][9] The app was restored to Taiwan and Hong Kong after a petition gained more than 10,000 signatures, according to China Uncensored.[10] According to Reporters Without Borders, the app was restored in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.[7]

Personnel

Chris Chappell is the primary host of the show. Originally from Los Angeles, California, in the United States,[verification needed] he lives in New York, where the show is produced.[11] He told The Daily Dot that he became interested in Chinese culture at age 19 when he became ill and hospitalized. He told The Daily Dot that "the doctors said I might have some rare heart virus", but after a friend introduced him to qigong, he "got better the next day" after practicing.[12] Regarding the creation of China Uncensored, he said: "I was a China news reporter and, eventually, I grew tired of the unbiased attitude you had to have as an unbiased reporter. I thought: 'Why not follow in the footsteps of The Daily Show or The Colbert Report?'"[12]

Matt Gnaizda serves as the series producer and has substituted for Chappell as the series' host.[13] Shelley Zhang is the program's "humor ninja" and also a co-host.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "About ChinaUncensored". YouTube.
  2. ^ a b "Apple TV censors "China Uncensored" show". RSF. 2017-04-18. Archived from the original on 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  3. ^ a b "Satirical News Show 'China Uncensored' Censored by Apple in Hong Kong and Taiwan". Global Voices Advocacy. 2017-04-10. Archived from the original on 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  4. ^ a b "How Is China Uncensored Funded?". YouTube. 2020-05-21. Archived from the original on 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2021-02-08.[self-published source]
  5. ^ Nguyen, Terry (2020-11-27). "Why fake news is so hard to combat in Asian American communities". Vox. Archived from the original on 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-05-14.
  6. ^ "YouTube censorship works a lot like CCP's". The Sunday Guardian. 2021-08-08.
  7. ^ a b "Apple TV censors "China Uncensored" show | Reporters without borders". RSF. 2017-04-18. Archived from the original on 2020-11-19. Retrieved 2020-07-21.
  8. ^ Tong, Elson (7 April 2017). "Satirical news show 'China Uncensored' censored by Apple in Hong Kong and Taiwan". Hong Kong Free Press. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  9. ^ Spencer, David (April 5, 2019). "Taiwan has other deterrence options besides costly and controversial nuclear weapons". Taiwan News. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  10. ^ "Announcement: Apple Uncensored China Uncensored!". 2017-05-16. Archived from the original on 2020-07-04.
  11. ^ a b "ABOUT". China Uncensored. Archived from the original on 2 March 2022.
  12. ^ a b Winkie, Luke (March 5, 2017). "How YouTube's China Uncensored is uncovering the country Trump loves to hate". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on November 19, 2020. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  13. ^ "Matt Gnaizda | China Uncensored, America Uncovered Journalist | Muck Rack". muckrack.com. Archived from the original on 2021-04-25. Retrieved 2021-04-25.

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