By Shawn Lim

China has ordered television and streaming broadcasters in the country to stop producing reality shows that feature “sissy men”.

“Broadcast and TV institutions must not screen idol development programs or variety shows and reality shows that feature the children of celebrities,” said the National Radio and Television Administration, the country’s broadcast regulator.

The country has since released a list of 24 “best programs” in the first quarter of 2021. The titles included several programs related to China’s leader, Xi Jinping, as well as one called “revealing how the BBC produces anti-intellectual reports.

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  Source: The Drum