BEIJING—The Chinese regime banned effeminate men on TV and told broadcasters Thursday, broadening a campaign to tighten control over business and society. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has called for tighter Chinese Communist Party (CCP) control of business, education, culture, and religion. Companies and the public are under increasing pressure to align with the CCP’s vision. The CCP has already reduced children’s access to online games and is now trying to discourage what it sees as unhealthy attention to celebrities. Broadcasters must “resolutely put an end to sissy men and other abnormal aesthetics,” the National Radio and TV Administration said, using an insulting slang term for effeminate men—“niang pao,” or literally, “girlie guns.” The CCP is also tightening control over Chinese Internet industries. It has launched anti-monopoly, data security, and other enforcement actions at companies, including games and social media provider Tencent Holding and e-commerce giant Alibaba Group. Rules that took …
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