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China introduces new rules of conduct for artists
Impeccable morals, always in the service of the party: That s what the People s Republic expects of its performing artists. China has issued new guidelines.
A still from the Chinese film The Great Wall from 2017
Deviant or improper behavior is not welcome in China. The individual must subordinate to the common good as determined by the Communist Party. It sees itself as a kind of civilizing regime and claims to give people a moral education, says Björn Alpermann, Sinologist and chair of Contemporary Chinese Studies at the University of Würzburg.
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China Mulls Lifelong Ban for Actors Who Have Used Drugs
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China’s top law-making body will consider this week a popular proposition to ban actors who have used drugs from entertainment industry for life at its annual weeklong meeting, which kicked off Friday.
The National People’s Congress, the country’s rubber stamp parliament, counts some 3,000 professionals from across the country as delegates, including directors Jia Zhangke, Feng Xiaogang and Chen Kaige, as well as Jackie Chan and Yao Ming. It meets every year in Beijing.
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While many proposals that end up going nowhere are bandied about ahead of the meeting by delegates with almost no pull, this one from lawyer Zhu Lieyu, who heads the Guangdong Guoding Law Firm, merits attention for having sparked a whirlwind of online commentary and an outpouring of popular support in the lead-up to the event.
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Chinese celebrities have been warned that they could be blocked from performing for life if they break one of the 15 rules in a new moral guideline.
Stars could face a life-long industry boycott for harming national interests, promoting drugs or fooling audience with lip-syncing, according to the regulation.
Entertainers will also be punished for undermining China s ethnic unity, engaging in obscene and pornographic activities, defaming revolutionary heroes or participating in freak shows.
Chinese entertainers could face a permanent ban if they fail to comply with a new moral guideline. The picture shows actress Zheng Shuang, who was banned in the nation after using a surrogate mother to give birth to her twins and then threatening to abandon the babies