CCTV’s online editorial said recent price spikes in Zhonggong Education and Gongjin shares were driven by forum “vulgar bets,” with Zhonggong posting two daily limit-ups in four days and Gongjin one, prompting swift regulatory intervention and trading halts. The piece warned these bets are highly exaggerated and misleading — claims such as “20x in a year” — and noted crude hooks are being force-linked to hot themes like nonferrous metals and AI hardware, materially distorting investor decision-m

CCTV’s online editorial said recent price spikes in Zhonggong Education and Gongjin shares were driven by forum “vulgar bets,” with Zhonggong posting two daily limit-ups in four days and Gongjin one, prompting swift regulatory intervention and trading halts. The piece warned these bets are highly exaggerated and misleading — claims such as “20x in a year” — and noted crude hooks are being force-linked to hot themes like nonferrous metals and AI hardware, materially distorting investor decision-making. It said traffic-driven, curiosity-focused content can amplify misinformation via algorithmic recommendation without needing fabricated concrete rumors. The editorial urged investors not to use forum bets as a buy rationale, to check for irrational or red-line trading behavior, and stressed that price discovery cannot be hijacked by lowbrow traffic.