crack down

Beijing pushed authorities in Myanmar and Thailand to crack down in February after Chinese actor Wang Xing said he was lured to Thailand for a fake casting and trafficked into a scam centre in Myanmar.

“Is the protest movement a failure? Well, if the measure is universities have cracked down, maybe,” Myers said.

Chinese authorities are cracking down on imports of semiconductors with the aim of stopping its domestic companies from buying Nvidia hardware, the Financial Times reported Friday, citing anonymous sources.

Following concerns about unsafe practices in the aesthetics industry, the government is considering new legislation close loopholes and to crack down on "cowboy cosmetic procedures".

Under Xi, Beijing has cracked down even more on religious freedom, especially against Christians and Muslims.