China bans 'sissy men' from TV in new crackdown

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China’s government banned effeminate men on TV and told broadcasters Thursday to promote “revolutionary culture,” broadening a campaign to tighten control over business and society and enforce official morality. President Xi Jinping has called for a “national rejuvenation,” with tighter Communist Party control of business, education, culture and religion. Companies and the public are under increasing pressure to align with its vision for a more powerful China and healthier society.

Broadcasters must “resolutely put an end to sissy men and other abnormal esthetics,” the TV regulator said, using an insulting slang term for effeminate men — “niang pao,” or literally, “girlie guns.”

That reflects official concern that Chinese pop stars, influenced by the sleek, girlish look of some South Korean and Japanese singers and actors, are failing to encourage China’s young men to be masculine enough.

Broadcasters should avoid performers who “violate public order” or have “lost morality,” the regulator said.

https://triblive.com/news/world/china-bans-sissy-men-from-tv-in-new-crackdown/

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1. Expect the next republicon FCC to enact similar rules

and also have their authority extended to cable.

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2. China bans reality talent shows to curb behaviours of 'idol' fandoms

Source: The Guardian

China bans reality talent shows to curb behaviours of ‘idol’ fandoms

Broadcasters ordered not to promote ‘sissy’ men in attempt to reshape country’s entertainment industry

Vincent Ni China affairs correspondent
Thu 2 Sep 2021 13.30 BST

China has banned some reality talent shows and ordered broadcasters not to promote “sissy” men, in the latest attempt to reshape the culture of the country’s huge entertainment industry that authorities believe is leading young Chinese people astray.

“Broadcast and TV institutions must not screen idol development programmes or variety shows and reality shows that feature the children of celebrities,” China’s broadcast regulator, the National Radio and Television Administration said, in new regulations announced on Thursday.

The regulator also ordered broadcasters to resist “abnormal aesthetics” such as “sissy” men, “vulgar influencers”, stars’ inflated pay and performers with “lapsed morals”.

According to the regulator, the new rules are designed to rectify the supposed problems of artists’ violation of law and morality and chaos in the “fans community”, and to create an atmosphere of love for the party and the country, and respect for morality and art.

Idol development shows have become a huge phenomenon in China in recent years, in part because producers of these programmes have been introducing innovative formats from countries such as South Korea and Britain, and have successfully localised them in the Chinese market.

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/02/china-bans-reality-talent-shows-to-curb-behaviours-of-idol-fandoms