China airing ‘V for Vendetta’ sparks hopes for reform

Television audiences across China watched an anarchist antihero rebel against a totalitarian government and persuade the people to rule themselves.

Soon the internet was crackling with quotes of V for Vendetta’s famous line: “People should not be afraid of their governments. Governments should be afraid of their people.”

The recent airing of the movie on China Central Television stunned viewers and raised hopes that China is loosening censorship.