>> let's get a round up of the top stories. international donors have placed more than a billion dollars for afghanistan. the u.n. secretary general says he is concerned of the economy could collapse. >> the international community must find ways to make cash available to allow the economy to breathe. a total collapse would be devastating consequences and could destabilize the neighboring countries with a massive outflow.

stopgap solutions are critical but the afghan people will need our support over the long haul. >> the u.n. secretary of state 'tis pulling americans out of afghanistan was the right decision. the israeli prime ministers says he has what he has calling important discussions with the leaders. they agreed to strengthen bilateral ties as they met in the encryption -- in the egyptian red sea. it's the first time that an israeli leader has visited in a decade. the international monetary fund is providing a lifeline of more than $1 billion to lebanon as it deals with a major economic crisis. the new cabinet has been holding its first meeting.

13 months of deadlock which saw the country plunged deeper into crisis. u.s. president joe biden pushes for more resources to fight climate change. he told the california governor's office of emergency services in sacramento stop biden is trying to gather's funding for a spending plan to help tackle mobile warning. researchers say that they captured the malicious code from pegasus spyware made by the israeli company nso group. the tool targets the devices through i message. those are the headlines. right now, inside story.

>> there is a new culture of revolution taking place in china. the government is cracking down on technology companies, education and entertainment. this is "inside story." welcome to the program. during the past few months, china has tightened regulations and rules across many areas of society. few sectors have been spared.

decisions have been sudden, dramatic and baffling. regulators have banned tv talent shows and ordered broadcasters not to promote what they call it effeminate looking men. actors accused of tax evasion and misbehavior have had work taken off-line. children are only allowed to play up to three hours per week. the goal is to stop young people being influenced by negative and immoral behavior. >> i don't think the new regulation makes any sense. it aims to hate -- to help teenagers but the less access you get, the more curious you will be. different people have different levels of self-control. this is not something that they can simply control. people can always play in another account.

>> the sweeping measures have targeted tech giants. 10 sent has been asked to eliminate content -- chinese regulators ordered the removal -- and they have banned the multibillion-dollar private tutoring center from making profit or raising capital. some websites have been barred from chaotic fan culture. the government is promoting xi jinping political ideology through its communication system. state media says that the aim is to cultivate a love for the country, communist party and socialism. let's bring in our guest. in taipei, president of the foreign correspondents club in

london. in new york, elliott, writer and cohost of the china tech investor podcast. i'd like to begin in linden -- london first with channing lu. is this the second cultural revolution by increment? >> that is an interesting question but i must say no. i do say a revitalization of the culture in terms of how the party managed the culture. showing the ideal citizens. recently we see the chinese party and chinese government really putting in the effort to rectify the so-called determinist circle and it even

imperils and limits on online video gaming. >> this seems to be aimed at trying to avoid future dissent. everything they are doing seems to be aimed at very young people and aiming to foster a love for socialism the chinese communist party. would you agree? >> yes, i think the previous speaker has touched on the important point which is that they are revitalizing the essence of the socialist spirit. one of the important things that we can see in these crackdowns is that they are trying to prevent any force, a company, a tech tycoon, pop-culture icon to

be able to mobilize a large swath of a social circle in a society, which is why they are trying to dissolve these online fan groups because some of them have already shown signs that they are able to mobilize and are able to create some of the things that are considered as out-of-control in the government's standard. i would say that these standards can be applied to different sectors. we see the crackdown on major companies and the limit on the ability for the younger generation in china to spend too much time on things that are chaos or a distraction for the younger generation in china. >> elliott, let's talk business for a second. if you're cracking down or putting in laws about screen

time, access the pop stars and money culture, and you are a u.s. record executive saying china is a huge market but if they are trying to get rid of all of this, it becomes less appealing to invest in. from a business point of view, china is something cap productive. >> i don't think xi jinping looks at it that way but we are seeing is a deep prioritization of foreign capital. we have seen them over the last years really prioritize attracting foreign capital. xi jinping doesn't think that is the most important thing for china right now. just recently come of the blackstone group had been trying to acquire the property developer soho.

they had good relationships with the chinese communist party. they funded a massive program within the party, blackrock. they had not been able to secure the deal and were denied by regulators. the big thing they are saying to foreign investors is if you want to come and make money, you can, but we will not cater to you. >> there is a real risk here that because the chinese communist party is doing it that everybody will say this is bad. i am a parent and i worry about screen time for my children. i worry about the impact of culture. is this a chinese way of doing it?

>> i'm glad that you asked this question. i would like to say that this move is partially the ccp-esque about response to people's demands. there is such a saying that excessive indulgence -- this is what parents are worried about their children. sometimes they are really concerned about screen time. you have these opinions about the recent measure, that sometimes they are really heavy that the government has taken this measure to limit children screen time, while others voiced doubts and reservations. i think this is an immediate solution, but it is not going to

be a long-term solution. children may lose opportunities. another thing is that i would like to say, this measure taken by the government manifests the lazy government. they use a single method across the board, across all video games. they are restricting the time on online video games but not on tv. there might be other solutions. we all know that some videogames are educational. i think the government may have been a bit too lazy this time to think about how to effectively tackle this problem.

if they are really concerned about the health of their citizens. >> in taipei, william yang, it is not just videogames are just dvd, they are cracking down on actors that the chinese communist party don't see as following their ideals. they are asking all cultural icons to follow a certain model or mode of behavior that is not bigger than the communist party but is in line with communist party values. your effectively imposing culture and cultural actors and for culture to breathe it needs to be free, right? >> there are two sides to argue against this. one of the reasons why they are emphasizing banning the particular "sissy" men, men who

are not behaving like the traditional masculine way, is because they are concerned about the impact of the korean pop culture. a lot of these k pop stars have created these out-of-control phantom cultures or phantom phenomenon online. they do see some disruption. fans will be able to gather and accumulate a large amount of money to do something viewed as out-of-control by the government. in order to make sure that everything is in line with their ideals, they put out a strict guideline and impose them in a strict way. we see most of the entertainment providers, the social media

platforms have already stopped ranking the pop stars, which used to be very popular on waymo -- weibo. and they have a competitive and wasteful culture inside the talent show. these measures are having support from the chinese medicine and chinese citizens. a lot of the normal citizen see the toxic effect of the extreme behavior and the extreme reaction to the rise of the k pop culture. rather than the foreign companies in the foreign entertainment providers worrying , those who have more concerns are actually the domestic providers and the domestic entertainment producers because they don't know when the rules will be tightened again or when the government will impose additional measures to make

their lives in the space to operate harder and smaller. the unpredictability of the whole thing is having more effect on the domestic providers than the foreign providers. >> he makes an interesting point. here we have this international audience and this domestic audience as well. the new james bond film has just passed the chinese sensor. james bond is not a socialist. he does not embody socialist values. actually, there seems to be hypocrisy here. the chinese are like our stars need to behave, but we don't mind hollywood films being

played at the cinema, but we are worried about k pop values and the erosion of that. how much of that is to do with simple money, like hollywood knows -- i think a lot of that is about money and the existing relationship, but a year or two from now, we may see that another james bond movie won't be able to get in. another way to look at it when it comes to the sissy man thing, cracking down on the more effeminate celebrities, what should not be overlooked is china's demographic problem. one of the reason that beijing feels it needs to control the culture is that they need people to have more children. the census data came out in the

spring of this year, and it was far worse than they had even expected and i think right now the regulators are panicking about this long-term demographic crisis. whatever they can do to try to juice up more babymaking, that is what they will do. traditional masculinity gets married and has kids and if you are more effeminate, maybe that is not what you want with your life. >> we should be aware of sweeping generalizations, but i will let you get away with that. so what are we talking about right now? it seems that all three of you said the same thing. this is not a cultural revolution this is a reshaping of chinese values, chinese customs. is this therefore an ongoing

thing? it might not be what is happening in the future. >> i wouldn't think this is part of the ongoing process. maybe the party is not using the solution anymore, but if we look at the beijing forum talks, he specifically used the terms, the true, the good, the beautiful as the essential values. from that government perspective , they have social obligations for the moral direction of society. this is a fundamental difference

between the socialism culture -- the celebrities are important, not only because they produce x amount of work and produce movies and tv shows, but the government is exploitation all of them as a person, they should upload -- uphold moral integrity. what you are talking about -- whether it is tax evasion or sex scandals, they may be seen as problematic. >> a lot of the u.s. government has spent a long time accusing china of monopolistic practices, of dominating markets, using the money to dominate foreign policy in africa and south asia, and it is often -- often complained that china is to goo -- too big

to influence directly. is this a weapon to say what they are doing is a violation of human rights and this is what we can use to put pressure on them? or is china too big to put any pressure on them? >> the u.s. can say all that they want, and i believe that this is a crackdown on human rights. this makes me less likely to want to live in china. the u.s. can say all that it once. it is effective. edit has put pressure on china and its officials but when it comes down to it, china doesn't care. they are big enough and i think xi jinping has the political will and enough consolidation of

power to make it happen, and that is where they are at right now. >> a lot of the activists that you speak to must be very concerned that china is getting away with whatever it wants and grandpa xi jinping is doing whatever he wants. is that a concern for them that radical voices are becoming lost? >> i think this is a fact we are already seeing over the last few years, especially after hong kong becomes one of the biggest targets for that crackdown, and the extreme level of measures that china is willing to impose on hong kong, bypassing the system that is supposed to exist under the one country, two system. those inside china who have been

experiencing this heavy-handed treatment since the early 90's, they are basically pessimistic about how the outside world has any influence and leverage to lessen some of the struggles that they are facing. we are seeing different injustice being imposed. the legal system is very vague about when to detain someone, and someone can be detained for years before they finally have a sentence. a few months before they were properly sentenced, they were released because they had already been jailed for years before they were able to have a proper trial. a lot of them happen behind closed doors. we are seeing this happen to foreign citizens including the two geithner gens and the

australian journalist. i think right now the question will be how the international community decides to deal with china while upholding their ideals and values. it seems like if they cannot hold a united front against china or find an effective way to counter their aggression and ambition, then the things like the detention of the comedy ends -- of the canadians. >> i'm sorry we are running out of time. i would like to bring in channing lou. is this about reshaping the cultural values of china or is it just cracking down on future dissent? >> i think reshaping the culture is a bigger part. we do have to strike a balance between the commercial and the

political. the party has to deal with a difficult task. we do see very creative resistance from the young people. for instance all kinds of -- or people might just want to lie down, passive resistance to the anxiety and high-pressure of the work. i think there are still possibilities within china. >> i went to thank all of our guests and i want to thank you for watching. you can see the program any time by visiting our website. for more information go to our facebook pages. you can join the conversation on twitter. for me and the whole team here, bye for now.

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