With more than 5,000 years of history, China is generally considered to be a country with a rich traditional culture. But recent newspaper headlines claim the country is suffering from a "culture deficit", due to over-commercialization and a lack of talented workers.

The Hong Kong -based Takungpao newspaper says China's lack of profound cultural products has created a vacuum that allows new cultural products like the Super Girls reality TV show and Lecture Room TV program become instant hits. It says the public are starving for good cultural products, which guarantees the success of shallow TV programs.

Takungpao lists three reasons for the "culture deficit" in China. Their commentary is outlined below.

Lack of Good Authors For Cultural Works

Most cultural organizations are underfunded and unable to attract talented people to working in the culture industry. State-owned organizations are also to blame, because they're famous for creating an environment devoid of creativity.

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