CHINESE PRESSURE? TV series ‘Jiachang’s Heart’ was reportedly canceled in China because netizens criticized it for romanticizing the 1937 to 1945 Sino-Japan War

Taipei Times
Date: May 24, 2018
By:  Shelley Shan  /  Staff reporter

The National Communications Commission (NCC) yesterday asked the management of Da Ai TV (大愛電視台) to visit the commission next week to explain the cancelation of its new television series, Jiachang’s Heart (智子之心), and if the decision had something to do with pressure from China.

The TV network, funded and operated by the Tzu Chi Culture and Communication Foundation, had originally produced 35 episodes for the new series, which was based on the story of 91-year-old Buddhist Compassion Relief Tzu Chi Foundation volunteer Lin Chih-hui (林智惠).

Having been dedicated to nursing all her life, Lin served as a Japanese military nurse in Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China, when she was 18 against her family’s wishes.

The series was canceled in China after only two episodes had been aired.
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