"A bit more complicated than this. About 5 years ago, in 2010 and 2011, a huge craze for time travel/reincarnation into the past tv series swept China, and Chinese authors and writers were churning out one after another, often butchering actual history and historical figures. As a result, in April of 2011, the State Administration of Radio, Film, and Television expressed 'strong disapproval' of the over-profligation of time travel/reincarnation, on the basis that they were distorting and disrespecting history and historical figures, and asked (literally) TV producers to calmly and introspectively reflect on what they were doing.
As a result, the number of time travel/reincarnation TV series dropped dramatically, as the TV producers didn't want to get on the bad side of the SARFT, which regulates this industry. There is no formal ban, however, and there have still been quite a few time travel/reincarnation series since; in fact, one of the more popular ones, 步步惊心, was put on TV literally just half a year after this 'order', in Sep. 2011.
FYI - the time travel/reincarnation here isn't really the Xianxia/fantasy type; it's mostly stuff like 'girl gets hit by car, passes out, wakes up in the body of a princess of the Qing dynasty, then gets into tangled love triangles with Qing dynasty princes." -Reddit.
I don't remember watching this in the drama, were we robbed?🥲
If so i can understand now.
As a result, the number of time travel/reincarnation TV series dropped dramatically, as the TV producers didn't want to get on the bad side of the SARFT, which regulates this industry. There is no formal ban, however, and there have still been quite a few time travel/reincarnation series since; in fact, one of the more popular ones, 步步惊心, was put on TV literally just half a year after this 'order', in Sep. 2011.
FYI - the time travel/reincarnation here isn't really the Xianxia/fantasy type; it's mostly stuff like 'girl gets hit by car, passes out, wakes up in the body of a princess of the Qing dynasty, then gets into tangled love triangles with Qing dynasty princes." -Reddit.
We'll sha wait.