The promotion of “smoking, drinking, fighting and other unhealthy behaviour” is already banned from Chinese TV, while homosexuality is still categorised alongside incest and sexual abuse as “abnormal sexual behaviour” that should not appear on screen.
Broadcasters are also banned from using the children of celebrities on screen, after regulators decided that they should be allowed to lead a normal childhood away from the spotlight.
They stated that writers and producers should “by no means be encouraged” to “treat serious history in a frivolous way”.
Television shows that glamourise “Western lifestyles” have been added to China’s ever-growing censorship list.