China completely erased actress from the web

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China’s Crackdown on Celebrities Like Zhao Wei Is Growing Increasingly Far-Reaching https://t.co/ArX4uUxlNT
- Variety (@Variety) September 23, 2021
Chinese government’s campaign to tear down fandom and celebrities has resulted in the complete disappearance of beloved actress Zhao Wei from the web

Comments

[genbu_no_miko24]

Damn thats scary 😨😦

[azaelers]

That’s scary :( I hope she and her family are safe.

[littleorcs]

It feels like a demonstration of their power and reach to be this brazen tbh, like even this won't touch them or something

[purpleflwr]

being a dumb white women with no real knowledge of anything, how are the citizens of china reacting to all of the restrictions with entertainment stuff lately?

[georgeslymaniv]

In Chinese people's minds, it's going to be strongly connected to allegations against her, not just that the government is trying to reassert cultural control over the mainland. Yes, there's this "return to traditional values" of the communist party and that's fucking scary, but some people might even think that she deserved to be erased due to certain news stories. Zhao Wei and her husband have been the target of investigations since before 2017 of their money laundering through their movie company / suddenly having a ton of money to buy up shares of Ali Baba and conveniently become billionaires in a short amount of time, there's a long ass video explaining it here

[purpleflwr]

damn ok. is it basically the same way with pop music and such? listen in private but in public say you like whatever they want popular? that's so depressing and terrifying.

[georgeslymaniv]

All of her movies, shows and songs were removed so nobody can watch her shows without a VPN. having a VPN is basically illegal except if you're working for a foreign corp and on their network, so there's no way to legally see anything she was in.

[rainstormraider]

This is actual cancel culture and not whatever yt celebrities whine about and this is seriously concerning.

[matsaurus]

This was my thought too, like in perspective...wow.

[ebenetwo]

This is erasure in every sense of the word

[picklejarre]

This isn't surprising since it's China. I feel bad for the Chinese people, their government is just...

I'm talking about censorship in general though. She has a lot of controversies and scandals that the government could use as a justification for their deeds.