Originally Posted by Scifience

The "time travel" ban was aimed at provincial TV stations that were producing a string of weird time travel-based dramas. I recall seeing one where the plot involved a modern-day girl falling in love with a prince in an old Qing Dynasty painting and somehow getting whisked back in time to meet him. If I remember correctly, the logic for the ban was that these shows depicted a distorted version of Chinese history that could confuse people...

Certainly, nobody is going to care if you watch Dr. Who or Back to the Future. And in any case, even the ban on the schlock spewing forth from the likes of Hunan TV seems to have no impact on anything, as many of these dramas are now into their second season or beyond and have shown no sign of letting up any time soon.

As far as email goes, I would advise you contact your company's IT and/or infosec departments to ensure that you are complying with any applicable security procedures regarding your firm's confidential data. As a general rule, you should be connecting to your email via an encrypted protocol regardless of where you are in the world, and the risk of a random attack is no greater in China than anywhere else. If your company is likely to be a particular target of industrial espionage, it should have appropriate safeguards and policies in place and be able to get you up to speed.