What happened in the US in the 1950's happened in China in the 1980's. Rising incomes and open trade resulting from the Deng economic reforms ushered in the Television Revolution. Owning a TV was THE status symbol of the materialistic '80's (not to say China's less so now...). The reach of broadcast tv has now became universal. With the introduction of advertising and Western tv shows in the mid-1980's, new values and lifestyles were offered, changing both individual attitudes and society....

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