China's social media, video and music platforms, which have been the main venues for Chinese fans to battle for their beloved stars' popularity, are rushing to remove content and close accounts while the country is implementing a fierce crackdown against fanquan (fans' circles) chaos. ...[More]
Leading Chinese social media platforms WeChat, Douyin, Kuaishou and Sina Weibo said on Saturday they will start rectification of irregular practices involving publishing financial information on their platforms, in response to Chinese cyberspace regulator's latest crackdown on violations of financial self-media accounts. ...[More]
Tencent's QQ Music, one of China's major music platforms, confirmed on Saturday that it has limited sales of digital albums or singles on the platform to one purchase per account in order to prevent fervent fans from purchasing multiple copies of a work to support their favorite pop idols. The move comes after the platform remov......[More]
By depicting storylines based on several real-life cases that shook the nation, Crime Crackdown, one of the most popular TV series in the summer of 2021, has ignited Chinese viewers' interest in efforts to tackle organized crime launched by the Chinese government in 2018. ...[More]
As China has achieved significant results in its national crackdown on gang crimes over the past three years, an anti-gang TV series based on sensational real-life cases has sparked a craze with millions of netizens hailing that "justice will never be absent" in a country rule of law. ...[More]
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Several middle-age entertainers have aroused Chinese netizen's nostalgia for the heydays of the Hong Kong entertainment industry after they rebranded themselves as the boy band Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, or GBA for short, on the latest episode of the variety show Call Me by Fire. ...[More]
The launch of the Shenzhou-12 manned spaceship ignited a "space fever" among Chinese children. During the summer vacation, many parents took their children to visit the China Science and Technology Museum for a closer look at a model of the Tianhe core module and learn the story behind the Chinese space station. So, what interes......[More]
Li Tie, manager of the Chinese men's national football team, had his contract with the Chinese Football Association (CFA) extended to 2026, the organization confirmed on Sunday. ...[More]
As the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan draws global attention, Chinese netizens were amazed to find that The Kite Runner, a famous film about Afghanistan, was actually filmed in Northwest China’s Xinjiang region. ...[More]
