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China announced on Wednesday it will ban Scooby Doo, Bugs Bunny, the Flintstones and other western cartoons from television to protect the Chinese cartoon industry. Chinese news agency Xinhua reported this today.

Starting May 1st all foreign produced animations are banned form Chinese television screens between 5pm and 9pm. Co-productions of Chinese and foreign producers will need a special license to be broadcasted during primetime. 

In 2007 China produced and televised more then 101.900 minutes of animated pictures. This was 23 per cent more then was televised in 2006.

The measures are intended to prevent foreign competition, especially from Japan. Other television shows, like realty TV, are also prohibited from screening during primetime.

The Chinese government further advises TV stations to only broadcast ‘ morally inspiring television shows‘ from now on.

                                                        Bugs Bunny is banned

Would you look at this this ! The Swiss have invented a car that doubles as a submarine. The new sQuba can drive 124 kph on land, sail 5kph on water and travel 3kph submerged.

The  designer and maker of the car, Frank Rinderknecht is a real Bond-fan. I gotta say, it shows !

“John Rambo is a pitiful man and suffers from a mental illness.” This is the official statement of the military junta in Myanmar (Birma). They are ofcourse referring to the new Rambo movie, featuring Sylvester Stallone. In this new episode Rambo goes on a rampage in Myanmar.

The military dictators in the Asian country have ordered all media to publish an article which ridicules the new Rambo flick.

This is reported by Irrawaddy, a prominent newsmagazine reporting news on Myanmar.

In Rambo IV, our hero has to free a group of Christian missionaries who are held hostage by Myanmar troops.

The junta also calls John Rambo a terrorist and a puppet of the American government. “He is a man who never laughs, he is aggressive and plain mad, ” the article says.

Illegal copies of the new Rambo IV are already for sale on the streets of Myanmar.

                            John Rambo, mad puppet who never laughs