By Herman Lai, posted Jul 10, 2012 at 11:30 AM, 676 views,

Chinese State TV Censored Michelangelo’s David “Penis” (Video)

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The Chinese Government uses censorship to weed out all the things it doesn’t want its citizens reading about, listening to or watching. Lately, the genitals of Michelangelo’s David statue seems to be something that Chinese government doesn’t want their citizens to look at.

State-run TV channel, CCTV, recently reported about an opening of a major Renaissance exhibition at National Museum of China. In the newscast, David’s penis appeared to be blurred-out, which triggered criticism and jokes on the Chinese internet.

CCTV’s news channel


Comments from Sina Weibo:

  • “Without the mosaic, it is art. With the mosaic, it has become porno.”

  • “Why mosaic? They should cut it off directly!”

  • “This is artwork! Why even this one gets a mosaic (slang for pixelization) in this amazing country? Just don’t display it then!”

  • This has really ruined such a great art treasure.

  • “The CCTV broadcasted is definitely a fake, the real David [statue] has a penis.”


  • The response from CCTV on this matter:

    “Out of consideration of building a harmonious ethical social environment, we’ve decided to cut off the nudity scenes.”

    When the 3D version of Titanic released earlier this year, Chinese men were not allowed to watch 3D boobs. Now, Chinese women are not allowed to see Italian’s penis.

    Source: The Telegraph, Sina Weibo


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    • Lordming55

      You actually made a big deal about this?  MICgadge is full of dumb frat writers and editors.