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China has launched a significant crackdown on what it describes as "toxic" celebrity culture while celebrating its athletes' best performance at an overseas Olympic Games. The focus is on aggressive fans who took to social media to attack and spread rumors about the nation's Olympians during the Paris 2024. In this episode, Sideline Story host Fu Yu joins us to delve into the rise of China's sports fandom, how it spiraled into harmful behavior, and what steps can be taken to cool it down.
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China has launched a significant crackdown on what it describes as "toxic" celebrity culture while celebrating its athletes' best performance at an overseas Olympic Games. The focus is on aggressive fans who took to social media to attack and spread rumors about the nation's Olympians during the Paris 2024. In this episode, Sideline Story host Fu Yu joins us to delve into the rise of China's sports fandom, how it spiraled into harmful behavior, and what steps can be taken to cool it down.
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