If you don't know yet,
Addicted (上瘾) is a hit Chinese gay-themed web drama. The Chinese government is very homophobic and never liked this show.
After the overwhelming popularity of the show, the Chinese government has blacklisted all its main stars from TV.
- Talk show episodes featuring the main stars have been banned:
http://www.get-top-news.com/news-12000792.html. The most recent ones being Happy Camp and The Amazing Race.
Rough translation:
The episode of this week Happy Camp was supposed to be aired last night, but the the four main cast was banned from joining the reality shows by the government. Gay themed web series drama had been pulled off from the shelf, and "The Amazing Race" has replaced Huang Jing Yu by someone else.
- Also:
http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/04...itive-content/
All channels are to cease inviting lead actors onto their shows or to hype them, such as Huang Jingyu, Xu Weizhou, Lin Fengsong, and Chen Wen.
- The Chinese government never liked the series. The series was already banned from TV and all major Chinese streaming sites after a few weeks:
http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-ra...ing-censorship
- Season 2 is cancelled, despite the series being a smash.
The writer of the show stated she wanted to film one more scene but she can't finish filming even that anymore. Likely because if the actors continue with this show, they will be blacklisted even further, or worse.
- China does not want the two main stars to be seen together. At the recent fan meeting, the two main stars are literally dragged away from each other:
Since this is about homophobia in China, I thought this deserves its own thread. Thoughts?
I guess Atheism doesn't always win 