The unacceptable features include "all thinking and behaviour in the vein of pleasure seeking, inaction and sloth", all of which the CPC probably fears the country's young people are falling prey to.
Not only are young people idolising "sissy" and "unethical" stars who are transmitting wrong values, but many are also spending long hours playing video games or are living a "low-desire" lifestyle of passivity, as the recent phenomenon of "lying flat" or minimalistic living among young Chinese suggests.
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