Urumqi rating raises questions on national film policy

A cinema in Urumqi, capital of the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, has started to rate its films according to levels of violent and sexual content, despite no such rating system being in place on a national level.

The theater, part of the China Film Cinema chain, introduced the new system last week.

The horror film The House That Never Dies, was one of the first rated under the new system, and was given the classification PG-13, meaning parents of children under 13 are strongly cautioned.