China's government bans effeminate men from appearing on TV

AP

President Xi Jinping's government's TV regulator told broadcasters they must “resolutely put an end to sissy men and other abnormal esthetics." The TV regulator used an insulting slang term for effeminate men — “niang pao,” or literally, “girlie guns," reports the Associated Press. The AP notes "that reflects official concern that Chinese pop stars, influenced by the sleek, girlish look of some South Korean and Japanese singers and actors, are failing to encourage China’s young men to be masculine enough."