{"id":1235,"date":"2023-10-24T03:59:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:59:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/china-to-ban-tattoos-and-hip-hop-from-tv-show\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T23:17:08","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T15:17:08","slug":"china-to-ban-tattoos-and-hip-hop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/china-to-ban-tattoos-and-hip-hop\/","title":{"rendered":"China To Ban Tattoos and Hip Hop From TV Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

China\u2019s top media regulator, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People\u2019s Republic of China (SAPPRFT), reportedly wants new regulations that will order all TV shows to stop inviting entertainers with tattoos<\/a> or using any elements from hip-hop culture, subculture (non-mainstream culture), and demotivational culture<\/a> (decadent culture).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

China\u2019s top media regulator, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People\u2019s Republic of China (SAPPRFT), reportedly wants new regulations that will order all TV shows to stop inviting entertainers with tattoos or using any elements from hip-hop culture, subculture (non-mainstream culture), and\u00a0demotivational culture\u00a0(decadent culture).<\/p>\n

This news<\/a> comes via\u00a0Sina Entertainment\u00a0(in Chinese), which reported that the decision was announced by Gao Changli \u9ad8\u957f\u529b, director of the administration\u2019s publicity department, at a departmental meeting on January 19. Gao reportedly said that radio and television stations in the country should strictly abide by four \u201cDon\u2019t\u201d rules when it comes to inviting guests.<\/p>\n

They are:<\/p>\n

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  1. \n

    Never use actors who are at odds with core values of the Party and lack high moral standards.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  2. \n

    Never use actors who are indecent, obscene, or vulgar.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

  3. \n

    Never use actors who have low ideological level and no class.<\/p>\n

    \n<\/li>\n

  4. \n

    Never use actors who have stains, affairs, or moral issues.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \"SAPPRFT.jpg\"<\/p>\n

    This\u00a0SAPPRFT logo appears before all movies<\/a> and TV shows in the PRC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Image: Blue.FM<\/p>\n

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    Public opinion\u00a0(in Chinese)\u00a0appears divided in response to the news. \u201cI firmly oppose tattooed artists on television. I don\u2019t have any issues with someone\u2019s personal preference, but they shouldn\u2019t be on TV shows to have a bad impact on the young generation,\u201d one internet user wrote. However, some people found the new rules ill-advised and ridiculous<\/a>. One person commented, \u201cHaving tattoos means no class? Chinese culture<\/a> is horrible.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \"Tattoos<\/p>\n

    Over the past decade, tattoos have become more common in mainstream culture.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Image: Pinterest<\/p>\n

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    Meanwhile, rumors are spreading that SAPPRFT is\u00a0considering banning all Chinese hip-hop singers from appearing on television. Earlier this week, GAI \u5468\u5ef6 (Zh\u014du Y\u00e1n), one of most well-known rappers in China, was forced to withdraw from the latest season of\u00a0I am a Singer, Hunan TV\u2019s hit singing competition show, after he made his initial performance on January 12.<\/p>\n

    \"Gai.jpg\"<\/p>\n

    Popular Chinese rapper, Gai<\/span><\/p>\n

    Image: Baidu<\/p>\n

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    Unlike Chinese rappers such as Wang Hao \u738b\u660a, a.k.a. PG One, who\u00a0came under fire this month\u00a0for vulgar lyrics and an affair, GAI has been adjusting his style to become a mainstream artist. He made an appearance on the CCTV-backed TV show\u00a0I Want to Go to the Spring Gala\u00a0last month, and at prodding of judges, led the audience in a cringeworthy call-and-response of \u201cLove live the motherland.\u201d<\/p>\n

    \"PGONE.jpg\"<\/p>\n

    Chinese rapper, PG One, generated controversy with his lyrics and affair<\/span><\/p>\n

    Image: Apple News<\/p>\n

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    Amid official backlash against the burgeoning hip hop culture in China, songs produced by artists from Triple H \u7ea2\u82b1\u4f1a (H\u00f3ng Hu\u0101 Hu\u00ec), one of the most influential underground rappers\u2019 community in China, were removed from most major music streaming platforms.<\/p>\n

    Also, while unverified, there are rumblings that\u00a0Chinese Students and Scholars Associations in the U.S. are being told to not feature rap performances in their Spring Festival shows:<\/p>\n

    China\u2019s war against hip-hop may only be beginning.<\/p>\n

    Source: JiaYun Feng, SupChina,<\/span><\/p>\n

    URL:https:\/\/supchina<\/a>.com\/2018\/01\/19\/china-bans-tattoos-and-hip-hop-culture-from-tv-shows<\/span>\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"China\u2019s top media regulator, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television of the People\u2019s Republic of China (SAPPRFT), reportedly wants new regulations that will order all TV …","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9881,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[60,386,306,29,34,305,27,645],"class_list":["post-1235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-china","tag-chinese-culture","tag-hiredchina","tag-jobs","tag-jobs-in-china","tag-movies","tag-news","tag-tattoos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1235"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9882,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1235\/revisions\/9882"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}