--- description: More U.S. television shows were removed from Chinese streaming services in what appears to be the latest consequences of a state crackdown title: Agent Carter, Empire Gone From Chinese Streaming Sites image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f90da19735662dd/6987783e35ba6f231dc06503/agentcarter_ful.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Agent Carter_, _Empire_ Gone From Chinese Streaming Sites  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 22, 2015 1:12 PM CUT  Atwell as Peggy Carter in Agent Carter. Atwell as Peggy Carter in Agent Carter.Kelsey McNeal/ABC  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 22, 2015 1:12 PM CUT More U.S. television shows [were removed from Chinese streaming services](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-us-tv-shows-pulled-from-chinese-video-portals-20150121-story.html "undefined") in what appears to be the latest consequences of the state censor’s crackdown on foreign series. Shows like _Agent Carter_, _Empire_, and _Shameless_ disappeared from multiple streaming portals this week, the L.A. _Times_ reports. Amid a campaign by the government of President Xi Jinping to [sanitize the Internet in China](http://time.com/78927/china-ban-big-bang-theory-good-wife-ncis-practice-tv/ "undefined"), the country’s state censor, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television, said last year that foreign shows — which have soared in popularity in China — would require government approval for the entire series before episodes aired online. Foreign series, the regulator also said, could only account for one third of programming on the online streaming sites, according to the _Times_. Since then, shows like _The Big Bang Theory_ have been pulled from streaming sites, typically without explanation. Despite the rancor on social media after the latest purge, it remained unclear why the specific shows were removed, according to the _Times_. \[[_LA Times_](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-us-tv-shows-pulled-from-chinese-video-portals-20150121-story.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3678176/agent-carter-empire-gone-from-chinese-streaming-sites/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3678176/agent-carter-empire-gone-from-chinese-streaming-sites/"},"headline":"Agent Carter, Empire Gone From Chinese Streaming Sites","datePublished":"2015-01-22T13:12:38.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:47:07.216Z","description":"A crackdown on foreign media appears to have taken its toll","url":"https://time.com/3678176/agent-carter-empire-gone-from-chinese-streaming-sites/","keywords":["Television","China","Censorship","online","streaming"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f90da19735662dd/6987783e35ba6f231dc06503/agentcarter_ful.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f90da19735662dd/6987783e35ba6f231dc06503/agentcarter_ful.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"HAYLEY ATWELL","caption":"Atwell as Peggy Carter in Agent Carter.","creditText":"Kelsey McNeal/ABC","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3678176/agent-carter-empire-gone-from-chinese-streaming-sites/","name":"Agent Carter, Empire Gone From Chinese Streaming Sites"}}]}] ```