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How 'sissy men' became the latest front in China’s campaign against big tech

By Shuaishuai Wang, Lecturer of New Media and Digital Culture, University of Amsterdam

The Chinese government has recently taken action against what it calls “sissy men” – males, often celebrities, deemed too effeminate.

On Sept. 2，2021, government regulators banned their appearance on both television and video streaming sites. Using the Chinese derogatory slur “niang pao” – literally, “girlie guns” – Chinese cultural authorities explained…

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