新闻纵贯线 Today updated 20:00 2017/04/21（在线收听）

 火速蹿红的秘籍，中外网红支招

Welcome to 'Today' - an hour of world news and analysis -- from a different perspective. I'm Jingnan.

Coming up:

--We'll have a one hour panel discussion on the prevalence of online stars in China.

--There is a group of people quickly emerging throughout the Chinese internet, online stars- or as they are known in Chinese 'Wang Hong". They have gained immense fame and wide attention in recent years, with anyone able to turn the banal into the sensational- a potential Wang Hong in the making. Among the online stars, there are those who specialize in performing via live streaming videos. These Wang Hong Beings are labeled "internet anchors" and they sing, chat, or even undergo plastic surgery while live streaming. While incurring criticism from some audiences, these internet anchors are also making fortunes through this business model. So what does it mean to be an online star? How did the online celebrity economy come into being? Is there a way to better regulate the industry? These questions and much more on this edition of Today, where we'll be discussing the Wang Hong phenomenon in China.

For more on this, CRI's Jingnan is now joined on the line by Mike Bastin, Senior Lecturer at Southampton Solent University, and Visiting Professor at the University of International Business and Economics;Annabelle Zhang, producer and host with Wallstreet Multimedia;ZHOU Heyang our colleague, host of Roundtable

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