The rhetoric of “xie jiao” and “brainwashing” is used to crack down on fan clubs of sport and entertainment celebrities.
Bitter Winter has repeatedly noted the expansive use of the category of “xie jiao,” translated (somewhat incorrectly) in official English-language Chinese documents as “evil cults.” Another example comes from the application of the rhetoric of “xie jiao” and “brainwashing” to control the “fan circle culture,” a matter of such concern to the CCP that it has been discussed at the recent Two Sessions.
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