Beijing’s crackdown on celebrities in the entertainment industry has resulted in Chinese social media such as Weibo, as well as major film and television websites, removing relevant content of the purged artists. Authorities posted on Chinese social media Weibo, a list of so-called “inferior artists” on Aug. 26, 2021, which went viral. The post requested that an investigation and clearance be carried out on artists, including Huo Zun, Wu Yifan (Kris Wu), Zheng Shuang, Zhao Wei, and Fan Bingbing. Chinese film producer Shi Yuge (a former democracy protester now living in the United States under political asylum) told The Epoch Times about the chaotic political factions behind the purging of the entertainment industry. An Image Game of the Princelings Shi explained that it started when former CCP (Chinese Communist Party) leader Jiang Zemin encouraged Chinese princelings (children of CCP founding cadres and veterans of the Red Army) to engage in entertainment industries, …