#Newspaper
Milk Tea Alliance Takes on China's Little Pinks in Meme War
A row erupted after online supporters of the Chinese Communist Party, known as Little Pinks, took issue with a tweet from Thai actor Vachirawat Cheevaari (known as Bright), who seemed to imply Hong Kong was a separate country from China, and very quickly his girlfriend Weeraya Sukaram also drew down further Little Pink ire, as she has once commented that she dressed more like a "Taiwanese" after being told she looked like a "cute Chinese girl". Soon "Little Pink" started trolling Thai users, Thai users expressed their dissatisfacation with what Chinese did through online altercation in return. "Little Pink" who need to use a banned VPN to evade their own government's Great Firewall of censorship can only reply "ni ma sile(NMSL), meaning "your mother is dead."
Social media users from Taiwan and Hong Kong have also taken part in the online altercation on Twitter afterwards to fight against China's "Little Pink" nationalists. In a loose confederation of Twitterati known as the "Milk Tea Alliance", users from Thailand, Hong Kong and democratic Taiwan fought back with a string of memes - the hashtag #nnevvy, Weeraya's Twitter username. Most netizens from "Milk Tea Alliance" are impressed by Thai users' hillarious creativity and emotion management. The alliance was soon joined by users from Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, South Korea and India. Seems like there is pent-up anti-China feeling from different countries.
Chinese current affairs commentator Jin Shan said China's education system trains everyone to think the same thing, which means its students typically lack the habit of independent thought. Yet, Chinese communist party could only control their citizens' mind but not everyone in the world.
Full Story: Rfa, (15-Apr)
https://bit.ly/3bCcZla
#Thailand #Taiwan #MemeWar #Bright #MilkTeaAlliance #Nationalism #Twitter #CCP #LittlePink
Milk Tea Alliance Takes on China's Little Pinks in Meme War
A row erupted after online supporters of the Chinese Communist Party, known as Little Pinks, took issue with a tweet from Thai actor Vachirawat Cheevaari (known as Bright), who seemed to imply Hong Kong was a separate country from China, and very quickly his girlfriend Weeraya Sukaram also drew down further Little Pink ire, as she has once commented that she dressed more like a "Taiwanese" after being told she looked like a "cute Chinese girl". Soon "Little Pink" started trolling Thai users, Thai users expressed their dissatisfacation with what Chinese did through online altercation in return. "Little Pink" who need to use a banned VPN to evade their own government's Great Firewall of censorship can only reply "ni ma sile(NMSL), meaning "your mother is dead."
Social media users from Taiwan and Hong Kong have also taken part in the online altercation on Twitter afterwards to fight against China's "Little Pink" nationalists. In a loose confederation of Twitterati known as the "Milk Tea Alliance", users from Thailand, Hong Kong and democratic Taiwan fought back with a string of memes - the hashtag #nnevvy, Weeraya's Twitter username. Most netizens from "Milk Tea Alliance" are impressed by Thai users' hillarious creativity and emotion management. The alliance was soon joined by users from Japan, the Philippines, Malaysia, South Korea and India. Seems like there is pent-up anti-China feeling from different countries.
Chinese current affairs commentator Jin Shan said China's education system trains everyone to think the same thing, which means its students typically lack the habit of independent thought. Yet, Chinese communist party could only control their citizens' mind but not everyone in the world.
Full Story: Rfa, (15-Apr)
https://bit.ly/3bCcZla
#Thailand #Taiwan #MemeWar #Bright #MilkTeaAlliance #Nationalism #Twitter #CCP #LittlePink
Radio Free Asia
Milk Tea Alliance Takes on China's Little Pinks in Meme War
Social media users in southeast Asia hit back at Chinese netizens repeating Beijing's official line beyond the Great Firewall.
#Newspaper
Thai Actor, Bright, Apologizes to China Over His Girlfriend’s Twitter Scandal
//“So pretty, looks just like a Chinese girl.”... “What style is this?” Weeraya responded, “Taiwanese girl.” This prompted a Twitter war between Chinese and Thai netizens as many Chinese netizens felt offended and disrespected by Weeraya’s actions. Chinese netizens on Weibo also started campaigns to boycott Bright and subbing teams vowed to stop subbing his series, “2gether: The Series”, which was really popular in China at the time.
//Bright remained silent on the issue until June 20. He uploaded a video on Weibo and apologized to China... had started out the video apologizing for his own mistake first... was sorry for “mistakenly referring to Taiwan as a country in a travel show” he hosted talking about Thailand and Taiwan... he was only introducing tourist destinations and wasn’t trying to impose any political agendas.
//When asked why he stayed silent on the accusations of insulting China and the Chinese people, Bright apologized and explained that he thinks it was a misunderstanding. He respects China and each person. He has never thought about insulting any race. Bright also apologized...
//Bright also expressed that he has Chinese heritage and definitely wouldn’t look down on Chinese people or ethnic Chinese. Lastly, Bright expressed his apologies in Chinese: “Hello everyone, I am Bright. I am sorry to China. I am sorry to you all.” Unfortunately, many Chinese netizens didn’t accept his apology. They left a lot of comments telling him to “get lost!” There were a minority of fans who left supporting comments.
//Watch the video here: https://www.weibo.com/tv/v/J7yEfvGLX?fid=1034:4518014322671659
Further reading:
Milk Tea Alliance Takes on China's Little Pinks in Meme War
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19818
Full Article: 38jiejie, (20-Jun)
#SorryToChina #Kowtow #Thailand #Bright #Twitter #MemeWar #SharpPower #Taiwan #Nationalism
Thai Actor, Bright, Apologizes to China Over His Girlfriend’s Twitter Scandal
//“So pretty, looks just like a Chinese girl.”... “What style is this?” Weeraya responded, “Taiwanese girl.” This prompted a Twitter war between Chinese and Thai netizens as many Chinese netizens felt offended and disrespected by Weeraya’s actions. Chinese netizens on Weibo also started campaigns to boycott Bright and subbing teams vowed to stop subbing his series, “2gether: The Series”, which was really popular in China at the time.
//Bright remained silent on the issue until June 20. He uploaded a video on Weibo and apologized to China... had started out the video apologizing for his own mistake first... was sorry for “mistakenly referring to Taiwan as a country in a travel show” he hosted talking about Thailand and Taiwan... he was only introducing tourist destinations and wasn’t trying to impose any political agendas.
//When asked why he stayed silent on the accusations of insulting China and the Chinese people, Bright apologized and explained that he thinks it was a misunderstanding. He respects China and each person. He has never thought about insulting any race. Bright also apologized...
//Bright also expressed that he has Chinese heritage and definitely wouldn’t look down on Chinese people or ethnic Chinese. Lastly, Bright expressed his apologies in Chinese: “Hello everyone, I am Bright. I am sorry to China. I am sorry to you all.” Unfortunately, many Chinese netizens didn’t accept his apology. They left a lot of comments telling him to “get lost!” There were a minority of fans who left supporting comments.
//Watch the video here: https://www.weibo.com/tv/v/J7yEfvGLX?fid=1034:4518014322671659
Further reading:
Milk Tea Alliance Takes on China's Little Pinks in Meme War
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19818
Full Article: 38jiejie, (20-Jun)
#SorryToChina #Kowtow #Thailand #Bright #Twitter #MemeWar #SharpPower #Taiwan #Nationalism
Mothership
Chinese boycott Thai 'boys love' drama after lead actor's girlfriend's retweet sparked fury
Thai Twitter users then trolled Chinese users back.
#ThaiStars
#StandWithThailand
Thai Stars Voice Out Their Support for Freedom and Call an End to Violence
In Thailand, pro-democracy protests continues. In Bangkok, consecutive large-scale rallies have been taking place for three days. On Friday 16 October 2020, the police used water cannon to disperse the peaceful public, triggering severe police-civilian clash. The Thai Police's use of violence against protesters has raised concern in the international community.
Artists and celebrities in Thailand also voiced out their concern and support for freedom of expression.
Bright Vachirawit, a popular young actor from "2gether: The Series", wrote in English on Instagram at midnight, "Freedom from violence is one of the basic human rights. Pls stay safe." His Instagram account has over 5 million followers.
24-year-old actress Aokbab, who earned her fame in the 2017 blockbuster film "Bad Genius", also wrote in Thai on Instagram, "hope everyone is safe, all forms of violence should be condemned."
Another blockbuster film star Davika 'Mai' Hoorne, who is of Thai and Belgium descent, posted in Thai on her social media platform, "Against the use of violence". Hoorne rose to fame by starring in popular films such as "Heart Attack with Sunny Suwanmethanon" and "Suddenly Twenty",
Actress Aom Sushar Manaying, who has earned popularity in Asia including China for her leading roles in films and dramas, also posted protest photos on Instagram and tag "what is happening in Thailand". She called for a stop in violence and wrote in Thai "listen to the people peacefully and solve the problems with sympathy and empathy".
Source: Stand News #Oct17
#AomSusharManaying
#DavikaHoorne
#DavikaMai #Aokbab
#BrightVachirawit #Bright
#MilkTeaAlliance
#StandWithThailand
Thai Stars Voice Out Their Support for Freedom and Call an End to Violence
In Thailand, pro-democracy protests continues. In Bangkok, consecutive large-scale rallies have been taking place for three days. On Friday 16 October 2020, the police used water cannon to disperse the peaceful public, triggering severe police-civilian clash. The Thai Police's use of violence against protesters has raised concern in the international community.
Artists and celebrities in Thailand also voiced out their concern and support for freedom of expression.
Bright Vachirawit, a popular young actor from "2gether: The Series", wrote in English on Instagram at midnight, "Freedom from violence is one of the basic human rights. Pls stay safe." His Instagram account has over 5 million followers.
24-year-old actress Aokbab, who earned her fame in the 2017 blockbuster film "Bad Genius", also wrote in Thai on Instagram, "hope everyone is safe, all forms of violence should be condemned."
Another blockbuster film star Davika 'Mai' Hoorne, who is of Thai and Belgium descent, posted in Thai on her social media platform, "Against the use of violence". Hoorne rose to fame by starring in popular films such as "Heart Attack with Sunny Suwanmethanon" and "Suddenly Twenty",
Actress Aom Sushar Manaying, who has earned popularity in Asia including China for her leading roles in films and dramas, also posted protest photos on Instagram and tag "what is happening in Thailand". She called for a stop in violence and wrote in Thai "listen to the people peacefully and solve the problems with sympathy and empathy".
Source: Stand News #Oct17
#AomSusharManaying
#DavikaHoorne
#DavikaMai #Aokbab
#BrightVachirawit #Bright
#MilkTeaAlliance
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