The film is correct that Disney gave Travers script approval; it was apparently the only time he had ever granted this right to anyone outside his company, except for government censors during the second world war.
China restricts the number of foreign films it releases and often requires broad edits of American films before they meet censors' standards.
I am now relying on the BBC investing in some Chinese government-style expertise to employ internet censors in Broadcasting House who can be relied on to block only any item which might upset the IOC lawyers – leaving me with the pleasure of hearing the racing tips, Vince Cable, and John Humphrys grumbling about any warm weather that accidentally comes to the UK.
After several months the censors gave approval to the book, also lifting a ban on Nadine Gordimer's Burger's Daughter, and it was released through formal publication channels.
We are shut down because the work has not been approved by censors".
The view from the mainland While the blanket censorship makes it difficult to assess public sentiment towards the protest (state media has taken a hardline on the protests and censors blocked or scrubbed clean social media, mainland citizens have responded to past Hong Kong demonstrations with a mixture of puzzlement, envy and disdain.
The censors' original 43 "grounds for deletion" list from 1916 included several amusingly old-fashioned points, including scenes of "vitriol throwing", "scenes laid in disorderly houses", "vulgar accessories in the staging", "indecorous dancing" and scenes likely to "bring into disrepute British prestige in the Empire".
Censors recently tried to ban the film Half of a Yellow Sun based on the 1967-70 conflict.
It was suggested that the Chinese censors had balked at the film's scenes of full-frontal nudity, but they may also have objected to Django's revolutionary themes.
The move follows criticism over US censors' decision to hand the film an "R" rating in October, effectively preventing anyone under the age of 17 from seeing it unaccompanied by an adult.
Newspapers have taken to publishing white spaces where the censors have mauled their articles.
