Unexpectedly China is cleaning up K-Pop culture on the internet and other entertainment channels. Stricter rules were also enforced.
You could say that in recent times China has taken a tougher action against the world of entertainment and the internet. Initially, the Chinese government only targeted Jack Ma, Alibaba and Tencent. The common thread is a powerful technology company in China.
But now in the second half, the entertainment world is also being penetrated by the Chinese government with a number of controlling measures. The reason is that it undermines Chinese cultural values and character.
Collected by us, this is a series of events that culminated in the banning of social media accounts for K-Pop fans in China.
1. Control of Vicky Zhao
The ball of China's control of the internet and the world of entertainment can be said to have got its gong with the curbing of Vicky Zhao. The most famous actress from China, Zhao Wei or Vicky Zhao was muzzled by the Chinese government.
Suddenly all of his content and social media were deleted so that it can no longer be accessed in that country. Vicky Zhao is missing from all Chinese streaming services like Tencent Video, iQIYI and Youku.
Chinese state media, Global Times, said that Zhao had many scandals. For example, he was sued in investment business matters, including ownership of shares in Alibaba Pictures Group owned by Alibaba, Jack Ma's company.
There are also those who think that Chinese President Xi Jinping is not happy with the excessive worship of celebrities and their fame on social media because they are considered incompatible with the Chinese character.
The high salary of celebrities is considered a clear sign of economic inequality. From an ideological perspective, the Chinese Communist Party wants celebrities to be role models to help promote the values of patriotism and love for the government.
2. Male celebrities are asked to look manly on the internet
You didn't read it wrong. Chinese authorities have asked broadcasters to ban artists with "problematic political positions" as well as male celebrities who act like women.
In addition to criticizing the culture of excessive worship of celebrities, China's state-owned media also criticized male stars who like to wear thick make-up and styles that show a feminine impression.
They were asked to appear more manly. An editorial in state-owned media, Guangming Daily, called some stars who dress like women are immoral and can damage values in society.
A popular star on the short video platform Douyin reported that last August his account was suddenly banned because he was judged to be too stylish like a woman. This policy became the talk of the popular social media in China, Weibo. Some criticized it for being seen as suppressing diversity.
3. China's cyber horrific rules
China's action to suppress the entertainment world is apparently a direct direction from the China Cyberspace Administration (Cyberspace Administration of China / CAC). There are new rules since August 27, 2021.
The regulation is titled Notice on Further Strengthening the Control of Chaos in the "Rice Circle". It contains 10 rules to regulate the internet in China related to the world of entertainment.
The rules include canceling artist ranking lists, optimizing and adjusting ranking rules, strictly regulating artist management and standardizing fan group accounts. In addition, there is a ban on negative fan behavior, cleaning up illegal fan groups and not encouraging consumerism
China's cyber agency rules also call for stricter online contest events, strictly prohibit minors from being involved, and regulate fan fundraising activities.
4. A total of 21 K-Pop fan base accounts were muzzled
Male celebrities are asked to look manly and the rules are tightened for the entertainment world internet, where will this end? K-Pop fan base social media.
The rules of this cyber agency are also applied. As a result, Weibo announced that it had suspended 21 K-Pop fan base accounts. Those who have been suspended for 30 days are fan accounts of Blackpink, BTS, EXO to IU.
The reason for the suspension according to Weibo was the irrational pursuit of idols. Fans initially knew when Jimin BTS's fan account was suspended.
"This account is temporarily banned from uploading because it violates the Weibo community rules," the statement reads.
Weibo said it was against irrational idol chasing behavior. Weibo also said it was committed to promoting rational activities and maintaining order in society.
What events will occur? The world seems to be waiting. What is clear is that the Chinese government's action to clean up the internet around the entertainment world, which is considered incompatible with Chinese values, is far from over.
