Piano Prince Li Yundi Arrested for Intriguing Reasons | ChaoYang Masses | Ou Jinzhong | Little Pink

In recent days, news of China's "Prince of Piano" Li Yundi was administratively detained in Beijing on allegedly visiting prostitutes has sparked intense public discussion, and along with him, another mysterious group of people who have been instrumental in the past celebrity scandals- the "Chaoyang Masses".

The Beijing Chaoyang District Public Security Bureau issued a notice on Weibo at 8:45 p.m. on Oct. 21 mentioning that the police had received a "report from the public" that someone had been investigating visiting prostitutes in a district in Chaoyang, and that the person in question had been administratively detained by the Chaoyang Public Security Bureau.

Ten seconds after the report was issued, the official media of the Chinese Communist Party immediately followed up. The Weibo account of People's Daily posted a direct criticism of Li Yundi. The CCP’s mouthpiece CCTV also said that Li Yundi's fall from grace was his own fault, and that his facial attractiveness is not a shield for breaking the law, nor is talent a talisman for foolishness.

"Pianist Li Yundi arrested for visiting prostitutes” immediately trended on all major platforms.
The 39-year-old Chinese pianist Li Yundi enjoys a high profile and was once touted by the CCP as a source of national pride, and his story was even written into middle school English textbook.
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