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  K-pop fan accounts on social media were suspended for 'irrational star-chasing behavior' amid China's crackdown on its entertainment industry

  Chinese social-media site Weibo suspended fan accounts for 21 prominent K-pop bands, including BTS and Blackpink.

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  Yahoo Lifestyle Singapore

  Stefanie Sun's reps deny that she was blacklisted by Chinese authorities

  Stef Sun appears on an unverified list of Chinese celebrities said to be blacklisted for holding foreign non-Chinese citizenship.

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  Motley Fool

  Why Weibo Is Plunging Once Again

  Investors are worried about what the Chinese government might do next to the microblogging platform.

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  Bloomberg

  One of China's Biggest Film Stars Becomes Target of Beijing's Crackdown

  (Bloomberg) -- One of China’s most popular film stars, Zhao Wei, appeared to be the latest target of an internet take down, as Beijing ramps up its crackdown on the entertainment industry and fan culture.On streaming sites, such as Tencent Video, many major works of the 45-year-old actor no longer played Thursday evening, according to local newspaper China Business News, and her name had been scrubbed from the titles’ landing pages. Zhao has served as a brand ambassador for the fashion house Fen

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  Variety

  Celebrities Disappear From Internet as China Moves Against Fan Culture

  China announced further steps to control celebrity fan culture, which regulators say has become “chaotic.” The moves came as one of China’s most prominent stars Vicki Zhao Wei was scrubbed from the internet and another star, female actor Zheng Shuang was punished for a tax scandal. The Cyberspace Administration of China on Friday issued a […]

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  Reuters

  UPDATE 3-China cracks down on 'chaotic' celebrity fan culture after scandals

  China cracked down on what it described as a "chaotic" celebrity fan culture on Friday, barring platforms from publishing popularity lists and regulating the sale of fan merchandise after a series of controversies involving artists. The country's top internet watchdog said it would take action against the dissemination of "harmful information" in celebrity fan groups and close down discussion channels that spread celebrity scandals or "provoke trouble". Platforms will no longer be able to publ

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  WWD

  Fendi Chinese Brand Ambassador Zhao Wei Banned, Reason Unknown

  By Thursday evening in Beijing, Zhao's name was removed from all the works she starred in on major Chinese video platforms like Tencent Video, iQiyi, and Youku.

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  Yahoo Lifestyle Singapore

  Huawei heiress attempts to shed rich girl image by participating in a variety show

  Annabel Yao, daughter of Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei, surprised netizens by participating in the Chinese variety show, Chinese Restaurant 5.

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  LA Times

  China aims to 'lead the world' by winning the coronavirus vaccine race

  China races against the U.S. and others to make the COVID-19 vaccine first, promoting itself as a benevolent vaccinator for the developing world.

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  U.S.News & World Report

  Southeast Asian Countries Struggle to Preserve Wild Tigers

  Visit the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in Laos' northwestern Bokeo province, ask about a local "tiger zoo," and most people will deny its existence. Similar requests to other residents in the economic zone were met with the same response: there were no longer any tigers in the area. The live animal enclosure was documented in a March 2015 report by the Environmental Investigation Agency, an international nongovernmental organization, that examined illegal wildlife trade in the zone.

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