And more stuff about the Chinese government hinting at a potential return to leftist economic practices: But generally, a large amount of this is related to the CCP's cultural leanings, whether...
China's broadcasting regulator has said it will ban "effeminate" aesthetics in entertainment shows and that "vulgar influencers" should be avoided.
It's part of a tightening of rules over what it described as "unhealthy content" in programmes.
The National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) said political and moral conduct should be included as criteria in the selection of actors.
And more stuff about the Chinese government hinting at a potential return to leftist economic practices:
Rana Mitter, a professor of the history and politics of modern China at the University of Oxford, said the idea of "common prosperity" was a way of "criticising the immense inequality that now marks society".
"Prominent figures with high wealth are a clear target because criticism of them resonates on social media," he said.
"Having started with tech billionaires, the Party is making it clear that prominent showbiz stars are now another clear target."
Earlier this month, at a meeting of the Chinese Communist party's Central Financial and Economic Affairs Commission, state media reported that while in the early years of China's reform some were enabled to "get rich first", now the government wanted to invoke prosperity "for all". The committee pledged to regulate high earnings in a better way and to "reasonably adjust excessive income".
But generally, a large amount of this is related to the CCP's cultural leanings, whether they're doing it for some "practical" reason or purely because they personally don't like the idea of gender-non-conforming men.
The country's official Xinhua News Agency criticised what it termed society's effeminate male celebrities in 2018. The agency added: "To cultivate a new generation that will shoulder the responsibility of national rejuvenation, we need to resist erosion from indecent culture."
In China, homosexuality is not illegal but authorities are strict on censorship and edited out gay references in the Oscar winning Freddie Mercury biopic "Bohemian Rhapsody", though they kept many similar references in the movie "Green Book". Nudity and sex scenes were also edited out of widely-viewed series such as "Game of Thrones" and the film "The Shape of Water".
And more stuff about the Chinese government hinting at a potential return to leftist economic practices:
But generally, a large amount of this is related to the CCP's cultural leanings, whether they're doing it for some "practical" reason or purely because they personally don't like the idea of gender-non-conforming men.