China recently cracked down on entertainment and has now banned celebrities from posting pictures of their wealth online.
Yesterday, the Cyberspace Administration of China stated that celebrity users in China will be forbidden from posting on social media if they’showoff wealth’ or take pleasure in expressing their emotions.
Celebrities are also forbidden from publishing private or false information. This could lead to fans provoking other fan groups or spreading rumours.
Business Insider says that fans and celebrities will need to maintain good taste and public order on social media.
China is banning celebrities showing their wealth on social networks as part of its latest crackdown on entertainment. Pictured: Zheng Shuang, an actress who was earlier this year fined 299million yuan ($46million for tax evasion).
These new regulations are China’s latest attempt to crack down on celebrities in China. China is continuing its dominance over the entertainment sector.
In September, China’s celebrities were warned they must ‘oppose the decadent ideas of money worship, hedonism and extreme individualism’ at an entertainment industry symposium hosted by the Communist Party.
Beijing was the venue for the meeting. Its slogan was “Love the Party, Love the Country, Advocate Morality and Art.”
The meeting was attended by high-ranking party leaders and showbiz bosses. They were instructed to adhere to morality, social ethics and family values.
China views celebrity culture, the pursuit of wealth and Western influence as threats to Communism. This is because China values individualism more than collectivism.
Participants were advised to “Consciously abandon kitsch and vulgar tastes and actively oppose extreme individualism and money worship.
China banned online gaming for children under 13 years old in August. This was in an effort to reduce addiction. The latest ban is part of the Cultural Crackdown by the CCP, headed by President Xi Xinping. (Image: October 9, 2021).
A list of misbehaving celebrities who were allegedly blacklisted in Beijing was also circulated via social media on August 8.
Zhao (45) and Zheng (30), were on both the list. Kris Wu (Chinese-Canadian singer) was also on it.
Last month, a leaked memo revealed that Beijing planned on banning video games that feature gay relationships, ‘effeminate males’ or allow players the choice of being good or evil.
Officials claimed that games are no longer considered entertainment. Instead, they were viewed as art and must be promoted as such.
According to the South China Morning Post memo, this ban will also apply to video games in which ‘barbarians are conquered’ or attempts to change the history of Nazism or Imperial Japan.
China has banned children from playing online for three hours per week since August. It said this was to combat addiction. President Xi Xinping is leading the CCP’s culture crackdown.
Chinese major video streaming websites have removed references to Zhao Wei (pictured here in 2017)
A series of new guidelines were issued to Chinese game developers, as well as those working for Chinese markets.
The new rules require that characters have a clear gender and plots must not have any ambiguous moral boundaries.
“Regulators can’t immediately tell the character’s gender, setting the characters could cause problems and raise red flags,” it said.
Beijing officials have imposed a $46 million tax penalty on one of China’s most prominent TV actresses. Producers were also told not to hire her again.
Beijing has set out to curb what it refers to as ‘chaotic fanculture’ and celebrity excess. This follows a series of scandals that have swept China in recent months, including Kris Wu’s arrest on suspicion for rape.
An RPG-themed mobile game was advertised in a Beijing subway station. A commuter sees it as he walks past. China said it will banning video games that depict gay relationships or allow users to choose whether they want to be good or evil.
According to an online statement, Zheng Shuang was fined 299,000,000 Yuan (or $46million) by Shanghai tax officials in August for tax fraud and undeclared income during filming of a television series.
Zheng (30) was a well-known Chinese actor after staring in the Taiwanese drama “Meteor Shower” in 2009. He has since gone on to appear in several successful films and series.
China’s State Broadcasting Regulator also pulled Zheng’s TV drama offending and warned producers that they would not employ her in future.
State Administration of Radio, Film and Television stated that it has ‘zero tolerance for tax fraud, sky-high pay and yin yang contracts. These are shady contracts often used in Chinese entertainment to conceal actors’ actual pay.
China has restricted online gaming to children under 18 years old to just three hours per week in August as a way to reduce addiction. Pictured: People playing computer games at an internet café in Beijing on September 10, 2021
Meanwhile, references to film star Zhao Wei were wiped from video streaming sites as Beijing steps up its campaign against celebrity culture.
China’s state media have gone to extreme lengths to promote changes in China’s entertainment culture.
CCTV stated that the state broadcaster CCTV had earlier reported this year, “For some time, artists’ moral and legal failures, cultivation of younger idols, as well ‘chaotic” fandoms have attracted widespread interest in society.”
“We have to create a safe and healthy literary and artistic environment for the people.”
Actress Zheng Shuang appeared on a list of ‘misbehaving celebrities’ who have allegedly been blacklisted by Beijing which was circulated on social media in August. Zheng (30, Zhao is 45) and Zheng (30, are both listed on this list. Kris Wu (Chinese-Canadian Pop Star) was also on it. Wu was accused of rape in August.
In August 2008, major Chinese streaming websites censored search results for Zhao (also known as Vicky Zhao).
She was removed suddenly from major TV shows’ credits. A Weibo forum dedicated to her actress was also shut down mysteriously. The hashtag “Zhao Wei super topic closed” received over 850 million hits.
There was no official explanation.
Zhao, her husband and their son were barred from trading at the Shanghai Stock Exchange in January because of a 2016 failed takeover bid. Authorities ruled that it had “disrupted the market order”.
China’s cyber regulator issued earlier this year new regulations that prohibit celebrity listing lists and tighten controls over celebrity fan clubs, management agencies and ‘chaotic” celebrity fan groups.