BEIJING: Beijing high schooler Chen Zhichu used to spend 30 minutes a day boosting actor Xiao Zhan online as one of a legion of superfans before the practice fell afoul of the government for promoting "unhealthy values."
State regulations last month banned "irrational star-chasing" — online celebrity rankings, fundraising and other tools used by China's fandoms to get their idols trending on social media — in the latest of a series of crackdowns across Chinese society.
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