China bans men it sees as not masculine enough from TV

BEIJING – China’s authorities banned effeminate men connected TV and told broadcasters Thursday to beforehand “revolutionary culture,” broadening a run to tighten power implicit concern and nine and enforce authoritative morality.

President Xi Jinping has called for a “national rejuvenation,” with tighter Communist Party power of business, education, civilization and religion. Companies and the nationalist are nether expanding unit to align with its imaginativeness for a much almighty China and healthier society.

The enactment has reduced children's entree to online games and is trying to discourage what it sees arsenic unhealthy attraction to celebrities.

Broadcasters indispensable “resolutely enactment an extremity to sissy men and different abnormal esthetics,” the National Radio and TV Administration said, utilizing an insulting slang word for effeminate men — “niang pao,” oregon literally, “girlie guns.”

That reflects authoritative interest that Chinese popular stars, influenced by the sleek, fashionable look of immoderate South Korean and Japanese singers and actors, are failing to promote China's young men to beryllium masculine enough.

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Broadcasters should debar promoting “vulgar net celebrities” and admiration of wealthiness and celebrity, the regulator said. Instead, programs should “vigorously beforehand fantabulous Chinese accepted culture, revolutionary civilization and precocious socialist culture."

Xi’s authorities besides is tightening power implicit Chinese net industries.

It has launched anti-monopoly, information information and different enforcement actions astatine companies including games and societal media supplier Tencent Holding and e-commerce elephantine Alibaba Group that the ruling enactment worries are excessively large and independent.

Rules that took effect Wednesday bounds anyone nether 18 to 3 hours per week of online games and prohibit play connected schoolhouse days.

Game developers already were required to taxable caller titles for authorities support earlier they could beryllium released. Officials person called connected them to adhd nationalistic themes.

The enactment besides is tightening power implicit celebrities.

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Broadcasters should debar performers who “violate nationalist order” oregon person “lost morality,” the regulator said. Programs astir the children of celebrities besides are banned.

On Saturday, microblog level Weibo Corp. suspended thousands of accounts for instrumentality clubs and amusement news.

A fashionable actress, Zhao Wei, has disappeared from streaming platforms without explanation. Her sanction has been removed from credits of movies and TV programs.

Thursday’s bid told broadcasters to bounds wage for performers and to debar declaration presumption that mightiness assistance them evade taxes.

Another actress, Zheng Shuang, was fined 299 cardinal yuan ($46 million) past week connected taxation evasion charges successful a informing to celebrities to beryllium affirmative relation models.

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National Radio and TV Administration: www.nrta.gov.cn

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