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Tag: popular culture

Posted inPop culture

Latest on China crackdown: iQiyi cancels idol shows

by AT Contributor August 27, 2021August 27, 2021

Video streaming site iQiyi – China’s equivalent of Netflix – has canceled plans for future talent contest shows saying they are “unhealthy,” according to its CEO, as a government crackdown gathers pace on celebrity culture. Beijing has sought to rein in “unhealthy fan culture” that it says is encouraged by variety shows, after celebrities including […]

Bob Dylan creating his Mondo Scripto exhibition and the lyrics to Knockin on Heaven's Door, 2018Photos: Courtesy of Halcyon Gallery
Posted inChina, European Union, Shanghai, World

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