Just to come in as the masters degree in China politics girlie and say a lot of this is getting misconstrued and oversimplified. The ‘kpop ban’ in China was very much a thing due to THAAD back in like 2018 and the ensuing trade war etc etc and since that eased off there’s continuing issues due to strict rules on male gender presentation in media (hair dye, piercings, being ‘too feminine’) which naturally excludes most male idols. In regards to the lisa thing I mean. Yeah. She broke the law and if she shared anything abt it on her Weibo it makes sense she got banned. I’d presume angelababy will be back soon enough (celebs in bigger scandals have come back after like 6 months or less) but honestly who knows. Celebs are held to account for what their fans do and how they act on Weibo; their accounts can therefore be terminated if they aren’t sufficiently ‘controlling’ their fans (i.e if Lisa’s fans were distributing images from Lisa’s show on Weibo even if Lisa wasn’t herself). Idk. hope this helps. Feel like the whole ‘irrational comic book villain’ portrayal of China doesn’t rly help build understanding
oh and just to follow up .. national security laws etc Chinese citizens (well and everyone visiting China) very much are held legally liable within China for things done internationally that are illegal in China. So that’s the mechanism here behind why Angelababy is in a bit of a difficult situation.
ohhh thank u for this !! i guess it makes sense technically if she has somehow broken a law, i still think it’s unfair towards her and also it’s unfair as a law imo honestly, but it’s another country i know nothing about so i don’t think i can comment. but then im assuming this could be a temporary ban/termination, for lisa as well…?
