Banning by People's Republic of ChinaEdit

Early in 2005, school officials in Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning Province (People's Republic of China), banned Death Note.^[1] The immediate cause was that students had been altering notebooks to resemble Death Notes and then writing the names of acquaintances, enemies, and teachers in the books.^[2][3] The ban was designed to protect the "physical and mental health"^[4] of students from horror material that "misleads innocent children and distorts their mind and spirit."^[5] Jonathan Clements has suggested that the Chinese authorities acted partly against "superstition" but also against illegal, pirate publishers of Death Note.^[6] The ban has been extended to other Chinese cities including Beijing,^[4][7] Shanghai and Lanzhou in Gansu Province.^[8] Legally published Chinese language versions of Death Note are published in Hong Kong and in Taiwan.^[6]

ReferencesEdit

1. ↑ "Chinese city bans Death Note" (in Chinese). Xihuanet. January 11, 2005. http://news.xinhuanet.com/school/2005-01/11/content_2446984.htm. Retrieved September 4, 2008. 
2. ↑ "Death Note Stirs Controversy in China". Anime News Network. February 6, 2005. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-02-06/death-note-stirs-controversy-in-china. Retrieved August 27, 2008. 
3. ↑ "Death Note in China - Success or Disaster?". ComiPress. March 26, 2007. http://comipress.com/article/2007/03/26/1711. Retrieved August 27, 2008. 
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "Beijing bans scary stories to protect young". Reuters. May 15, 2007. http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSPEK30969020070515. Retrieved May 15, 2007. 
5. ↑ Weifeng, Liu (May 26, 2007). "'Death Note' days numbered". China Daily. http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/26/content_880773.htm. Retrieved May 27, 2007. 
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Clements, Jonathan (August 2007). Manga Pulse. NEO Magazine. p. 19. 
7. ↑ MacDonald, Heidi (May 15, 2007). "Death Note banned in Beijing". Publishers Weekly. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/15/death-note-banned-in-beijing-2. Retrieved August 28, 2008. 
8. ↑ "Chinese Students Fight Back at Death Note Ban". ComiPress. June 5, 2007. http://comipress.com/news/2007/06/05/2067. Retrieved June 15, 2008.