China’s Pop-Culture Crackdown Widens After It Hits Its Biggest Movie Star | WSJ
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- Опубліковано 11 жов 2021
- Beijing is targeting the pop-culture industry as part of an effort to weed out what it sees as unhealthy influences for young people. WSJ looks at what happened after one of China’s highest-profile celebrities, Zhao Wei, disappeared from parts of the Chinese internet. Photo: Xu Nizhi/Zuma Press
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.....Never mind the fact that Hollywood's self-censorship for the CCP has rendered most movies into unwatchable garbage.
That's capitalism for you - companies have no morals and will do whatever it takes to increase profits
WOW! It's almost as if we need a state authority, moral guardian or union to safeguard Hollywood from CCP influences!
When they place profits over principles and people, they then deserve neither. Disney, DC, Marvel, etc. All have all been compromised in their integrity and liberty.
I boycott movies that compromise quality for quantity.
@@JaneDoe-tn8tn yeah Jane, and you can compare their profits to your profits, and see how effective is your boycott and how significant your voice is. It's almost like people would need to organize into some group of people to have as much power as another group of people in a corporation... maybe call it a shmomerment or a shumion or something.
i always find it funny conservatives get mad at companies for being "woke" Theyre just doing it for money, thats how capitalism works. The system you love so much creates cancel culture
None of those celebrities actually "apologized" in their social media but rather were forced to write so... China 🇨🇳
No...never forced
@@yizhang4029 lol :)
@@shivan4627 then you must’ve worked for those celebrities who committed a crime
@@yizhang4029 i am not saying they were saints. but we all know when and why any government will take action :) come on bro" i am not against people. i am against government
@@shivan4627 I love the Chinese government's control of power... Prevents a lot of future instabilities. This can never happen in the U.S at this point, no matter how much the U.S government could try to, hence some instabilities are way out of the U.S government's hands and are irreversible... Remember the Capitol riot? Things can only get worse next time....
I live in India in here all pop culture celebrities are admired and respected more than doctor, scientists and even teacher. My friends cry over movie stars but when it comes for teacher they taunt them.
Do you think we in India too need something similar to this which happened in China? I mean I am just asking for your suggestion, pls don't take it otherwise
@@shridev1766 yes
As an international fan who grew up watching Zhao Wei on TV, this is kinda frustrating
why's that? international folks could still look her up without censorship
why does it matter to you? you live outside china
Yes, she has a bad reputation in China, but as an outsider you love her.
Shes a terrible person. Committed insider trading scheme together with his husband and friends that got bunch of people bankrupt
As an Overseas Chinese who bornt and raised outside China, also grew up watching Zhao Wei, I hold no love for her just as my fellow Chinese in China. Why ?
Because she once wore the infamous Fascist Japanese flag (Rising Sun Flag) as a "dress" on the catwalk show just for money...despite knowing what those flags mean to her own Chinese people...
They read "1984" and used it as an instruction manual
Where you think Orwell got the whole idea?
@@K4R3N ? Orwell definitely didn't get the idea from the Chinese if that's what you mean. His experiences were taken throughout his life in Europe and maybe in his time in India.
@@chaoticrealm777 Orwell got his ideas from authoritative regimes, like China.
@@K4R3N China as an authoritative regime did not exist during Orwell's time and he got most of his ideas during Spanish Civil Wars exposed to Stalinist Communist units.
@@thewanderingrey8830 don't let history get in the way of a good story. Good job educating these dimwits.
I find it extremely concerning that these popular celebrities and business owners are being erased under the guise of tax evasions. 2 or 3 is a coincidence, but so many other accused of the same thing? Just insane!!
Prolly their government needs money so these ppl being used as scapegoats.
The problem is choice. People are choosing things different from what the CCP wants them to choose.
The west can't judge ATM .
@@lolasonner5051 they aren't wrong though
@@lolasonner5051 He's completely right, we have to be able to criticise each other... Otherwise we really start to devolve and fall apart as a world. The end goal is UNIFICATION, not division.
You always choose different from what your mamy wants you to choose .
@@heavenzhu7516 that's ridiculous. Your mamy wants what's best for you. If someone wants to contradict that choice just to rebel, then they're being childish.
And comedians in the US complain about getting "canceled" while making millions of dollars lol.
They have good reason to complain.
They're both bad. Don't defend a negative with another negative.
@@hwago123 g
The Biden administration said through press secretary Jen Psaki that they wish they had the power to do this. She was specifically talking about erasing Joe Rogan from the internet. Its only a matter of time before a bill or an executive order comes along that lets them do it.
he needs to go into more details, we need insider info on what’s going on. Also the reporting is all over the place, you guys need find better correspondence in Chinese market
Who wants to be the correspondent in china covering this story? Nobody. Certain jail
Hard to do that when China tries covering up information
@@DaneReidVoiceOver therefore, so many Western journalists prefer invent histories in their offcie without knowing how to speak Chinese and visit directly China,
@@jtgd COVID-19🦠😷👍
You go find out pal we're enough with this 😏😏😏 this is all don't matter china is developing rapidly
Cultural Revolution II thus begins.
Your mamy is the leader of cultural revolution 2
@@heavenzhu7516 you must be CCP the bot
@@satoshi8784 you must be the Trump's bot.
Inshallah! You can only go so long without weeding the garden
@@satoshi8784 Your mamy must be CCP the bot
Atleast she was in Shaolin Soccer
It’s terrifying that they just disappeared, especially Zhao Wei who was one of the most popular celebrities. She vanished, suddenly without any explanation, like she never exists. 😱😱😱😱
Orwellian!
Huh? She's in France
Here in the US they tried to scrub Trump from social media.
you never know what she had done for cheating stock market
@@yangtianwang6207 most people get prosecuted for that. Not goes missing. Erased from society.
It's so funny, WSJ says:" it's scary. No reason has given." But every Chinese knows why she is treated that way.
why?
@@danzwku i think it is about stock market manipulation and tax evasion
While the measures were too drastic but tax evasion should have harsher penalty currently in many countries
Or maybe they didn't commit tax evasion, but was just made to look like they did because the government didn't like them for doing something else.
This is dumb as a lot of filthy rich people do this every year. Ppl richer than Wei.
I swear there are Chinese bots in these wsj comment sections
Xi jinpin spends a fortune to build his image
Not just here, it's EVERYWHERE, number of likes and comments means nothing today
You run 24-hour videos demonizing us
Then are not allowed to contradict ,we tell you the truth and you calling us robots?
Bots for sale. Right wingers love bots too
@@user-tz6px4rn6n No, robots would do a better job. The truth hurts...you!
And here we are in the US complaining about cancel culture, lol
3:37 even the cops gush when they see her 😁
They just security guard,you know in China,they usually seems same.
Yep I wouldn't call it crush though. It looked more like immense admiration, almost affectionate admiration.
@@neelroy2918 Gush: to express oneself extravagantly or emotionally; talk effusively: She gushed with pride over her new grandchild.
@@BWT599 ah. No it wasn't English it was lapse or expectation bias if you will. And also I was referring to second cop from right at 3:44 thanks though.
well if she was in the US pretty sure she'd be investigated by SEC for what she did to make the fortune.
I thought she was a good person, what happened?
@@404killer market manipulation, tax evasion, she has ton of personal finance issues.
Isn't IRS?
@@mmwh5100 I'd say both
Idol worship is OK if you worship Pooh Bear.
How dare you attack Xi !
@@sumerbc7409 its the truth!
China is going back to Mao era
Yep
Words and actions are a mirror. Your words and WSJ prove that China is doing very right.
you know nothing about China
Just your fantasy and stay in the past for a long time
ZhaoWei: "Viva La France!"
her and her husband have made many Chinese little shareholders los heir money,
@@Emilechen i lost alot of money when her and her husband traded Alibaba Pictures with insider info, back in 2015. Im a victim of their scam
They should really go to jail but it seems like they’ll be “fined” and that was it.
And for people to think that the CCP is doing more right than wrong... Think again.
more right，of course
We will not trust any American newspapers, the words of the enemy are not credible
MAY AS WELL TELL YOUR PEOPLE WHEN TO OPEN AND CLOSE THEIR EYES, AND WHEN TO BREATHE...
Thats just embarrassing for china as a whole
Why not move? If too many people move, and don't want any part of their forceful dictatorial forms of actions and control, they will have to change, become lesser or cease to exist.
Nice video.
Something similar happening in India as well
that is actually quite sensible and rational, given how irrational many young people are
Yes. The Chinese government is just being their daddy with these irresponsible children.
The Chinese government treats its citizens like babies, so Chinese nationals have the attitudes of babies. It's literally called infantilization. Problem is the Party isn't consistent about their own standards either.
Crazy
3:42 Lol i see true love from that policeman’s eyes (second from the right)
I see.
They found Petido!! The concept of the horroscope... but thats hosted on a personally intelligent plat form... WHOO my HORROSCOPE so SPECIAL!!... On what level of mind fawk is this stuff???
I know her from shaolin Kung fu. Didn’t know she was so big!!!
Do your homework! The reasons are all over the place on baidu... wsj again managed to talk nothing about the truth.
Must is given, much will be required. Don’t see a problem with this. No one is above the law.
Maybe we can get a narrator instead of making us read everything?
Turn the captions off.
@@amanchaudhary742 There are multiple sections with only hard-subbed English without any narration of those lines, such as 0:45 - 1:02. Which you'd know if you'd watched the video.
Its not about being a celebrity, its about rich people committing tax evasions and stock manipulations
I remember her from the soccer movie
this is a pretty poor quality report by WSJ. You can find out a lot more information by reading Chinese social media. Do more home work.
I am waiting to see the outcome of this policy
Eventually, it will backfire.
Scary
Big brother
She’s far from being the biggest movie star. She’s disappeared from the screen because she was involved in the IPO of Antgroup which involves foreign investment trying to control Jack Ma’s E pay business, potentially causing another economic crisis in China, like the one in 2008. Those small loans service could easily cause huge financial troubles later. The same group of investors who reads WSJ everyday with champagne glasses on balcony. Her case is not about her influence on the younger generation at all. I don’t know what the guy is talking about. The other two women were all involved in serious tax fraud and unlawful secretive contracts. I guess if you pay nice, people would say anything these days.
Thanks..that clarify things. WSJ is questionable when it comes to reporting Asian matters.
This is just speculation.
To arrest people and leave citizens to speculate. Truly terrifying.
Zhao Wei is my childhood fave chinese actress 😭 what happened
Yeah… you all talk about how bad the policy or the gov… why don’t you talk about if these celebrities really do something illegal? Rich and crazy, these celebrities in China…
KK Xu The point here is that in 21st century, someone can just disappear without any explanation and not to mention the action was sponsored by the government. Sure they have done illegal stuff, but that’s up to the law to punish them, not random disappearing or cancelling by a political party (yes, law, government, parties and country are different concepts).
@@rebeccahuo8870 yeah,it’s 21st century, still can’t believe some people were disappeared by no reason,…and the most interesting thing is, no reason and no clues, but some guys, most even with a Chinese face, could still know and see some guys are disappears… must your falungong gives you superpower, haha.
Wow wandarful love you
The Chinese dream is gone
What was the Chinese dream?
@@CoffeeSnep Communist Dictatorship Total Societal Control.
@@sumerbc7409 I don't think I like the Chinese dream
@@CoffeeSnep lol Yeah man.. That would suck hard man.
Have you actually considered these celebrities actually have done terrible things? Tax invasion.......stock manupilation etc.
Btw they are.still. far.better off then most.people even after the scandal and legal ramifications.🙄
you know, US medias and netizens don't care, they just to portray every people against CCP and Cinese peole in gneral, as some kind of democratic heroes,
event if these star or businessesen are corrupted criminals of pedophilia rapers like Kris Wu,
A lot of Government decisions are Ideal
Zhang zhehan is not visiting any shrine in Japan. Correct your wrong wording. He frame only. And he doesn't know that place background was a shrine.
He should be Ruined a long time ago,
because his appearance is not suitable to be the protagonist of the film and television.
This is an oriental mystery, you don’t understand.
isn't this old news?
By several months. Maybe the video was found under a pile of documents.
Desperate for material for their daily anti-China propaganda campaign
No individual is greater than country
So basically you search her name on Chinese internet & nothing appears? 😂😂😂🤦♂
Wow
Similar to cancel culture in US
Cancel Culture is a product of free speach and association.
You have no idea what is really going on. Do a translated version of a detailed report from the ChineseinLA UA-cam channel. They are the best in digging out truth.
When did WSJ care about China truth?
at the mercy?
Wait so.. why is she canceled again??
Stick to the topic...
Do more work on this woman zhao wei. She manipulated the stock market and got inside trade info constantly, she is a criminal. Just because she is a film star doesn’t mean it’s a culture crackdown. You disgrace just want to use big buzz word to get more views
BEYOND THE STAR
nobody is bigger than the party in china.
i wonder,other than the president,who calls the shots there !?
Love zhao wei wiki, she's phenomenal in her beauty and improv skills, can't understand a word she says but her voice is melodious ❤❤
Force to enforce the right kind of thinking lol
Everything are under control.....controlled.
The non Disney Mulan
My god, the voice over is SO BAD.
Utopia
Culture coerces conformity conscious and sleep.
Canada and usa is also suppressing
I don’t understand, what did she do that China didn’t like?
@@jack99889988 Those are the tools your government often use to erase someone dummy.
@@jack99889988 I just have more evidence that you're an absolute dummy for believing in your government or any government for that matter. Or you're just one of those 50 cent army.
@@jack99889988 No, I'm not. Your government is known for lying and covering up. And you're here to protect your government.
Nothing. 😂
Is she the one from Shaolin Soccer....??
So basically it is like micromanaging citizens , hmm that’s too much or work …
The true face of china 😂
rip tft set 5
Obviously, zhao wei's case has nothing to do with influencing youth. She (and maybe her husband) clearly annoyed someone influential in the party.
reminds me of hollywood
Strict conformity. No radical thinkers. No big ideas.
As much as the west appears to "wag it's finger" at the behavior and actions of the Chinese government make no mistake, the American government has been gearing up to do the same exact thing.
Pooh county 😂
Yuck!~
Scurvy paper. Boycott!
I think banning online games and for-profit tutor were more intended as a 'subsidy' for parents to spark another baby boom.
How is banning online game a subsidy? Please elaborate.
George Orwell's nightmare
Not that's a healthy way of living
Those tax cheaters are bad examples for younger generations especially celebrities.
They should spend their time in prison rather than being erased from the public to set the example.
I don't know. Being erased from the public seems so much worse. People just forget who you are.
@@jamessandoval5843 Maybe you prefer to be in prison instead. So people would know exactly what you did.
You are also most likely being shut down from the public anyway.
Thank you Xi, very cool.
大哥哥
America should crack down their pop culture for the good of the world. 🙏🏼
What?
The people of chine will rise up it’s human nature! Just look at history ..
They look more and more like NK every day.
That's true
@@ev6481 Totally agree.
This is not Investigation Journalism at all. The perspectives are way too superficial.
Was thinking the same thing. Good ole American propaganda always making China seem like a villain...
@@erikb1757 But not really, they asked for comments from the celebrities and the government, neither responded. Methinks you protest too much. Are you in the pay of the ccp?
wsj, give computer chips to china and how things change
I don't think it is a bad thing that violence in childrens tv is being removed.
Next thing you know they'll be prohibiting normal citizens from owning 30 military assault rifles..... Oh wait nevermind.
Sounds like a gift and a curse.
Nope, it's just a curse. Central planning will harm far more than it could ever hope to help because one idea is never the right one if you have to force it on people against their will, their choices, their preferences, their needs, their innovations.
@@homewall744 agreed. This fan culture is bs. But at the same time chinas execution to halt this is not gonna work
I find it interesting most comments on this video are focused on "perceived" unfairness in treatment of the idol crlebrities rather than the damaging impact social media + extreme idol fandom has had on China's children and youth. This report and others online state that children literally spent every waking hour following their favorite idols in China before the crackdown. That's INSANE. Children didn't need this kind of mind pollution. Their lives were being destroyed. And commenters are more concerned about wealthy tax evaders and celebrity idols than China's children? WTH, people?🤯
The USA is finally starting to implement similar crackdown measures as our nation sees youth suicide and cyber bully levels increase. Our teen girls...snd boys...suffer serious body image problems from what they experience thru social medi and trying to emulate their favorite influencers. Our kids are also excessively attached to video games. Thankfully, we in the USA don't have the crazed celebrity fandom happening. I have yet to see "Swifties" (aka Taylor Swift fans) use their collective power to cancel anyone other than Donald Trump. Trump deserves to be cancelled because he's trying to destroy the USA. "Behives" (aka Beyonce's fandoms) only attack irrationally when white racists attack the singer.
I hope the USA citizenry continues being rational and at arms length when it comes to being fans of our celebrities. And, more importantly, that we Americans don't lose focus on the impact this cumulative unhealthy online activity is having on our children/youth and their mental health. TY for this insightful news report.💯👍
China doing China things
Amazed by how superficial wsj nowadays is.
huh ? explain
What about house of cards on Netflix? Is kevin spacey suffering the same fate?
Is there any thing good to report in China? Or are you all focusing on all things negative? The US should clean its own mess first, then look abroad for trouble in other countries.
No, we want to know other countries' news at the same time too.
I think this is not all that bad. Too much money tends to get into the hands of a few. They will not willingly share. Atleast in democracies, you cannot get them to share wealth. But China can afford to do it.
He knows very little about the crackdown
You don’t need significant knowledge on this specific case to understand the mass censorship by the CCP. Chinese people have never experienced freedom, no matter how successful or talented they are.
@@estebanperez4171 they have, in Taiwan, which is the last part of the real historical China that CCP failed to capture for now
@@NJ-wb1cz it’s an independent country. China needs to accept that and stop incurring on land that isn’t theirs.
@@estebanperez4171 I think we do need more information. Crackdown in country that you know is way too different than if you were outside.
@@estebanperez4171 just like westerner would never understand the freedom under islam, this is basically your whole argument
I agree with the part of limiting what children can play and how many hours they are allowed to play. Some of the games such Grand Theft Autos, etc. are toxic to children.