One online TV show: Addicted 上瘾 for its depictions of homosexuality, extramarital affairs, one night stands, underage relationships, smoking, drinking, adultery, sexually suggestive clothing, and reincarnation
One popstar: Lady Gaga
One topic on the Internet and TV: the probity of relatives of former Politburo member and security chief Zhou Yongkang, who was convicted for bribery, abuse of power, and the intentional disclosure of state secrets in 2015
Two concerts: Selena Gomez in Shanghai and Guangzhou
Partial ban on K-pop idol concerts in response to the deployment of the US-developed THAAD missile system in South Korea
Hoverboards and Segways on public roads in Beijing and Shanghai
Forcing minors to participate in religious (Islamic) activities in Xinjiang
Hong Kong pop star Denise Ho from online music sites for pro-independence views
Proposed extension of the smoking ban to public spaces
Growing, processing, and selling GMO crops for the next five years
Live streaming of unapproved games
Sick chicks (poultry from additional bird flu-affected countries)
Ivory trade and processing (by the end of 2017)
Christmas (celebrations by protestant house churches in Zhejiang)
K-drama Hwarang (part of the ongoing ban on South Korean popular culture)
Taiwanese filmmaker Wu Nien-jen, pop musicians Bobby Chen, Dwagie, and Vivian Hsu, and hardcore bands Chthonic and King Lychee (ban likely to have been put in place for some time)
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