BEIJING: China's President Xi Jinping has told artists not to chase popularity with "vulgar" works but promote socialism instead, with state media on Thursday comparing his remarks to a speech by Mao Zedong.
In a high-minded broadside against market forces, Xi told a group of artists on Wednesday that they should not become "slaves to the market", the official Xinhua news agency reported.
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