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Sure, and I was pointing out what invoked the idea to enact such regulations at the first place and it's not simply because of "communism". Offended? Negative - I actually got a good chuckle from reading your initial comment, the whole irony of it.
Here's the thing, government set regulations/laws and some people are clever enough to find loopholes in them, however, that doesn't mean the idea to set such regulations were unnecessary or "doesn't make sense" at the first place. It could just mean that the regulations were not refined enough. Instead of shouting communist this and communist that, why don't you suggest a better solution on how the regulators should deal with the serious problem of ever-growing actor salaries which was affecting the length of dramas.

Jack ma, tax evasion and celebrity ranking lists, you are all over the places now. Again, NONE of these have anything to do with the original poster's question as to WHY costume dramas cannot exceed 40 episodes. Whether or not if all people are satisfied with the regulations on episode capping and actor's salaries doesn't change the fact that there was a problem that needs to be fixed. I am here to point out why there was a 40 episode cap and how it all started - I am not here to discuss with you on whether if i like the results of the regulations or your negative sentiments toward the Chinese government, that's not what the OP has asked.
You seem like a hot blooded person with a passion in fighting against injustice - I suggest you go and fight for those folks who are not living in a communist country but didn't get the person they like in office, like me - I voted for Hillary in 2016, in fact, she won the popularity vote but still lost the election, may i kindly ask you to show the same passion that you have displayed on here and please express your feelings for the 65 million silenced folks. Thanks.

Lets just hope Yuan Shen is the selfish scholar in LBY's funny story.

Naturally, he drowned to death.

Whether or not if the so called "scandals" are adding more strict regulations to the industry has no correlation to why there was a need to enact the two regulations at the first place. Whether or not there were "scandals" at all doesn't change the fact that folks complained about lengthy dramas because of high actor salaries, and regulators had to do something about it.
It isn't my opinion on who made the complaints, why they made the complaints and what the complaints are about - I am just telling you facts on how and why it all started, so there's nothing to agree on disagreeing here.

I have already explained that none of your so called "scandals" have ANYTHING to do with why these two regulations were established. My question is, why should I not ignore uncorrelated nonsense? The initial question from the poster was asking why dramas cannot exceed 40 episodes, not why actors choose to indulge themselves in illegal activities like tax evasion.

You are absolutely wrong - You have no clue on what you are talking about. The regulations on episodes cap and actors salaries were completely sparked by heated discussions on the Chinese web. These two regulations have NOTHING to do with "Scandals".
In 2017, there was a leaked document stating that A-List actors were receiving at least 15 million dollars(~100 million Yuan) per drama and the amount keeps going up every year, this alone brought up a heated debate. Then comes the drama called Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace in 2018 where It has been reported that both the main leads soaked up 90% of the production budget- This caused further debates among the Chinese netizens and massive complaints were filed to the regulators. They were basically complaining that these actor salaries are getting out of control where they seriously affect the production value of a drama by soaking up the majority of the production budget leaving very little for the project itself and the rest of the production crew and extras were paid in peanuts. To get by this, production companies have been increasing the episode counts so they can sell the drama to streaming platforms for more(adding fillers and dragging out the drama). Thus, provoking further complaints and this is where the regulators had to step in to fix this hot mess.

Oh the irony in your comment - The whole reason for a 40 episodes cap on costume dramas is because of netizens in China that were complaining about dramas getting way too lengthy. I suppose they are not 'communist' enough for your taste to just ignore the grieving folks huh?

Naturally, he drowned to death.

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Unlikely, both dramas are owned by Tencent - Why would they make their heavy hitters compete with each other?

It's like a hickey.

From what I understand, the complaints weren't made to seek 100% authenticity but to weed out foreign influenced aesthetics in any ancient Chinese setting. Even if the drama isn't depicting a specific Dynasty , as long as the costumes have Chinese characteristics from past Dynastic eras and free from foreign influenced aesthetics then it should be fine. Don't take my words for it, I could be wrong.

There's nothing wrong with Qiqi's knot, otherwise it would have been removed. Knots(including bow knots) being tied around the waist or chest area are exactly how you would wear some of the hanfus, Just because it's in a bow shape doesn't necessary mean it has foreign aesthetics.

No, not all things Japanese are frowned upon in China, but when it comes to the historical parts, the Chinese are more sensitive - The same can be said for all East Asians.
Since this drama is taking place in a real historical setting(Han Dynasty), I also wish that the dresses can be as authentic as possible, so I completely agree with some of the complaints - It has nothing to do with racism. If it was a fantasized setting that is not taking place in ancient China, I wouldn't care if they brought in alien costumes. I find this to be a positive 'movement' and a necessary stepping stone in Cdrama land because it's encouraging a culture of accountability in the film industry.

The whole situation with actors or public figures visiting Japan isn't a taboo. It's just certain places like a shrine that is housing WW2 'war criminals' or 'heroes'(depending on your stance) that is despised In many Asian countries. To put that in perspective, imagine there is a shrine in Germany that is honoring nazis and all other WW2 war criminals including Hitler himself, and German politicians would pay respect to the shrine for both political agendas and a form of protest to it's neighboring countries from time to time - Then comes along a 30 years old Hollywood actor who took selfies of himself smiling and throwing up victory signs in front of the shrine - When he faces backlashes from his home country, he then claims he doesn't know any better - Really, a 30 years old grown man claiming ignorance, I mean if hes been living in a cave, sure. Being canceled or not, it wouldn't matter, because no production companies would take a risky gamble hiring him and potentially face boycotts.

That whole foreign "influenced" crap was sparked by that Queen Lau drama and now all production companies are taking precautions to thoroughly review their contents. The only controversial thing in this drama was a knot on Lusi's waist. You have a ribbon, and you are telling me that for thousands of years, people in the ancient times can't figure out how to tie a "bow knot"?

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I am me and You are you.

The age of marriage for a girl during the Han dynasty(period for this drama) is 15 years of age. Parents will not accept marriage proposals if the girl is not at the age of marriage; can't say the same for poor families but definitely not for an aristocratic family.

That's because netizens in China complained that dramas are getting too long(especially costume/historically, Wuxia and Xianxia), so the regulators had to put a cap on it. Now folks complain that it's too short, so production companies had to find loopholes in the regulations. There, hope that helps.

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It's doesn't matter if you are going watch it on any of the official sites or not, that's not my point - I am against you posting pirate sites/links and that is not an 'assumption', it is a FACT that you posted a pirate link.