Long overdue appeal against discrimination

It certainly is embarrassing to the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television.

Each year, its devoted censors make every effort to ensure the planet's most-watched TV show at the lunar New Year's Eve, broadcast live by China Central Television, stays politically correct.

It may sound unfair to the show's producers. They no doubt tried their best to fulfill the impossible mission of entertaining viewers of every taste, while guaranteeing that every intended message is conveyed, properly.