Chinese screenwriter Hailin Wang claims Chinese artists are being banned from using foreign names

Chinese screenwriter Hailin Wang has accused Chinese authorities of banning celebrities in China to use foreign names. According to the post on Wang’s Weibo account on 1 September, he said that China’s National Radio and Television Administration has disallowed Chinese artists to use foreign names.

“Yeung Wing cannot name herself Angelababy, Jackie Li must also create a Chinese name. Foreign names will not be allowed in the future,” the post read.

Meanwhile, Chinese actress Jackie Li has also announced to replace her Japanese nickname 辣目洋子 to Chinese name 李嘉琦.According to the post on Li’s Weibo account on 1 September, the actress said she would reuse her original Chinese name Li Jia Qi (李嘉琦). She also suggested netizens to call her “Little Spice(小辣)” for convenience. Li also said that life is full of ups and downs, everyone is their own life’s main character, she is just seasonings on others’ plates.  

On the other hand, China's top media and culture authorities have jointly revised the guidelines on livestreamers on 22 June 2022, banning 31 different types of misbehavior including publishing content that subverts state power, endangers national security and damaging the dignity of the country.

The revised regulations released by China's National Video and Television Administration and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on 22 June 2022, suggests 31 kinds of unacceptable behaviours of livestreamers. According to the guidelines, livestreamers should not publish content that violates the basic principles established by the constitution and violates national laws and regulations.

Prohibited contents include those that subvert state power, endanger national unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity, endanger national security, leak state secrets, and damage the dignity, honor and interests of the country. Information that weakens, distorts, or denies the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the socialist system, and reform is also banned.

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