The next year, China’s media regulator ruled that TV stations “should not feature actors with tattoos (or depict) hip-hop culture, sub-culture and immoral culture,” according to state media.

Tattoos were long largely spurned in China, perceived as associated with gangsters, prisoners and crime. Even now, it is rare to see tattoos in the street or public life.

The Chinese Communist Party's TV ban on visible tattoos has hit the soccer world, as one of the team's best, and most inked, players sat out. The ban runs counter to the feelings of fans and ...

Tattoo culture began to flourish in China as the country opened up to the West ahead of the Beijing Olympics in 2008. Western influences and pop culture resonated with Chinese audiences.

Authorities in China have barred soccer players from getting tattoos and instructed national team players who have been inked to remove or cover them up to set a “good example for society.” ...

Beijing-based tattoo artist Song Jiayin starts each pre-tattoo interview with a simple icebreaker, ... Tattoos as an act of empowerment in China Jamina Zhang. 0 SHARES Beijing-based tattoo ...

Sitting for a tattoo can be painful, and the resulting ink lasts forever. It’s odd, then, that the prevailing stereotype surrounding heavily inked tattoo artists in China is of their supposed ...

NANCHANG, China -- Soldiers from the 8th U.S. Army Band performed in China Tattoo, with 53 Soldiers participating in the various shows which were conducted in Nanchang, Oct. 24 - 31.

In 2017, the State Cyberspace Administration made it illegal to show tattoos during live-streaming or in videos posted to social media. The next year, China’s media regulator ruled that TV ...