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Chinese manufacturer threatened to sell fake infrared thermometers to harm the Americans but later apologised for it's “patriotic act”

(30 Mar) The quality of the Chinese made medical supplies are in great doubt. Days ago, some Chinese manufacturers claimed to manufacture fake infrared thermometers and sell them to the United States, so the Americans cannot test their temperate accurately. The manufacturer said that they did it out of “patriotism”. Researchers found that in the last few months, the Chinese government has stirred up many public opinions, and nationalism has become part of the preventive measures. Some mainland Chinese residents said that many businessmen cashed in on the pandemic and made huge amount of money during the suffering of the nation. They took advantage of the epidemic, and that many medical supplies are fake with bad qualities.

//Many countries have found quality issues in the medical supplies from China.

//Through shifting the blame or speaking about nationalism, it resolves some pressure for the authority. “

I believe the authority pushes theses nationalistic thoughts among citizens, and it actually boosted the world’s distrust and suspicion on China. The “made in China” tag, the sincerity of donating face masks, etc, all these diplomatic moves have casted doubts on China's purposes.

//there are many other medical supplies without any certifications.

Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/Chinese-manufacturer-threatened-to-sell-fake-infrared-thermometers-to-harm-the-Americans-but-later-apologised-for-its-patriotic--04-14

Source: Rfa
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/cn-fake-03302020093609.html

Further reading:
Thermometer Only Gives Reading Below 37°C, Thai Police Arrest Chinese Smugglers of Fake Thermometer and COVID19 Test Kits
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/1948

#Patriotism #Nationalism #Masks #InfraredThermometer #Holland #Fake #MedicalSupplies #ZhangXuandong #MotherYangCongeeRestaurant

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Rumours Guangdong is banning zombies and plagues on online games. Warning the players who 'promote the secession of their motherland'.
 
(13 Apr)An article published yesterday by Mainland we media, You Xi Pu Tao (meaning Game Grape), claimed that they have received a publisher's document on March, which collated a series of requirements on game regulations from Mainland authorities. The article quoted multiple informed sources confirming that the document came from Guangdong, and it contained more details compared to the meeting minutes of gaming companies in regions such as Shanghai and Beijing.
 
The article pointed out that it could be foreseen from the new requirements that the toughest wave of gaming regulations in history is potentially coming. Out of all the requirements, the most concerning ones are the operators requested not to promote the "global server" function in the game, and remove this function immediately if necessary; Anything relating to COVID-19 such as corpses and plagues is not allowed in the game. At the same time, it must be ensured that there is no inappropriate speech in game’s chats, names and public user systems; "Undesirable inducements" such as money worship and encouraging love with several people at the same time, etc. are prohibited in the game name or game content.
 
The document also reported on the recent situation of the gaming industry, alleging that some "separatists" had used online gaming platforms, character costumes, chat systems, trade union games, etc. to instigate and establish related organizations. Some players used the "map creation" and "map editing" functions to edit the boundaries of the game world and "promote the secession of their motherland".
 
In addition, there are inconsistencies between the content of the online version and the declared version in some games. For example, in the case of a recent palace drama game, the Publishing Bureau of the CCP Publicity Department recently withdrew its approved version, the game was taken off the shelf, and the publisher was criticized. There are also online games with 'unhealthy' names, such as promoting the social values of money worship and using 'unhealthy' terms such as "kill", "die", "ghost" and "demon".

Source: Apple Daily News
https://bit.ly/2S5M09Y

Further reading:
Animal Crossing taken down from TaoBao without any heads up
Joshua Wong claims he will keeping playing despite receiving death threats
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/19466

#Guangdong #Cersorship #Games #CCP #Nationalism #ChinesePropaganda

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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

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Chinese doctor suggests nutritious foods for children’s breakfast instead of congee; Chinese netizens: “unpatriotic and a western worshipper”

(24 Apr) Doctor Zhang Wenhong, Director of the Department of Infections of the Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, suggested that children should have nutritious and high protein foods for their breakfast instead of congee to fight against COVID-19. However, he was criticized by Chinese netizens as “unpatriotic and a western worshipper”.

He explained that nutritious and high protein food, such as milk and eggs, is good for children’s immune systems. Despite being criticized by many Chinese netizens, Zhang stood firm elaborating that protein is essential for the human immune system as it helps create antibodies to fight the virus. He also added that children should also take Vitamin C supplements.

Chinese netizens reacted aggressively to Zhang’s speech, “what is the issue of having congee as breakfast? This is a traditional food for the Chinese, why are you saying it is not nutritious?”

Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/Chinese-doctor-suggests-nutritious-foods-for-childrens-breakfast-instead-of-congee-Chinese-netizens-unpatriotic-and-a-western-wo-05-06

Source: Citizen News
https://bit.ly/2YEBM4x

#chauvinsim #CCP #ZhangWenhong #Chinesepropaganda #Congee #WesternWorshipper #patriotism #Nationalism #Fangfang

How should we reflect upon the pandemic's spread?

by Ip Iam-chong

• French Scholar Jon Solomon petitioned for the University of Hong Kong to investigate Yuen Kwok-yung and David Lung for their article’s claim that “the Wuhan New Coronavirus is a product of the inferior culture of the Chinese". The author believes an investigation by the University would be harmful

• The author compared this discourse with that of a debate between Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben and fellow scholars Jean-Luc Nancy and Anastasia Berg over the pandemic lockdown

https://telegra.ph/How-should-we-reflect-upon-the-pandemics-spread-05-22

#IpIamChong #Academia #JonSoloman #Nationalism #YuenKwokYung #DavidLung

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Japanese Director "Mobile Suit Gundam 00", Seiji Mizushima, supports Hong Kong in Twitter; Netizens in China requested banning all his movies in China

(18 May) Seiji Mizushima, a famous Japanese Anime director of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00", sent out a tweet to support Hongkongers yesterday in his official personal account. After that, many Chinese netizens criticized his tweet and requested Chinese authorities to ban all his movies in China.

Seiji posted on Twitter yesterday and mentioned, "Hong Kong is a wonderful place. I love it. I support democracy and the passing of the five demands in Hong Kong so that my Hong Kong friends and Chinese friends can live without any further pain in their hearts."

Another well-known Japanese Anime director, Tsutomu Mizushima, had a related post to support democracy in Hong Kong yesterday. He said outright, "we're not allowed to badmouth our sponsor China".

After Seiji shared his post shortly, a lot of Chinese netizens left messages on that tweet to criticize his speech and requested authority banning all Seiji's movies in China for discharging their discontent. Some netizens reprimanded Seiji was brainless, and his behaviour was foolhardy.

Source: Unwire HK

#SeijiMizushima #Japanese #China #GlobalSupport #Amine #Nationalism #SharpPower #TsutomuMizushima

#OpinionArticle #LeeYee

This is China - Lee Yee

Lee Yee, a veteran journalist and commentator on politics in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, delves into the issue of a prevalent Chinese sentiment towards foreigners - one of mistrust and suspicion. With facts distorted or concealed by government propaganda and information censorship, a vast majority of Chinese citizens are often misguided and misinformed. This has led to an enslavement of the mind from which few are able to escape.

Full translation:
https://telegra.ph/This-is-China-06-02

#Nationalism #Coronavirus #Japan #ChinesePropaganda #US #Pandemic

Image source: Internet

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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

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Billie Eilish accused of supporting "Hong Kong independence" for speaking out. Sparking anger from Chinese netizens, posts quickly taken down

(16 Jun) In the hopes of sharing experiences with those facing the police in the Black Lives Matter movement, Billie Eilish shared posts by Hong Kong netizens of their local tactics against "police brutality" and how Hong Kong protesters dealt with tear gas fired by the police.

Meanwhile, Billie's elder brother, Finneas, shared an infographic comparing the Hong Kong Police Force with American police.

This caused a wave of backlash on the internet in China with accusations of Billie Eilish supporting "Hong Kong independence". At the same time, after notifying Billie and her family through their Chinese PR team, Billie Eilish's and Finneas' Instagram accounts were temporarily suspended and they deleted their Hong Kong-related posts before the 24-hour expiration period.

In her links supporting the Black Lives Matter movement, a link supporting "Stand With Hong Kong" was also found in Billie Eilish's Instagram account.

Clicking Hong Kong's link leads to a page with the "Black Bauhinia" flag and many topics that clearly explain what happened from June last year to June this year, Hong Kong's history, "one country, two systems" and the Basic Law.

It also reported on the barbaric acts of the Hong Kong Police Force, what China is doing to Hong Kong and how to help Hong Kong from abroad.

All this "evidence" infuriated Chinese netizens. This April, Billie Eilish became the first foreigner to be featured in China's version of Vogue Magazine in 15 years.

She was originally supposed to hold a concert in China in the latter half of this year but it was postponed due to the epidemic. It is unknown whether not she can enter China in the future.

Source: Gimmepop

#BLM #PoliceBrutality #SelfCensorship #BillieEilish #HongKongProtest #VOGUE #Nationalism

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In echo of Mao era, China's schools in book-cleansing drive

//As schools reopened in China after the COVID-19 outbreak, they have thrown themselves into a nationwide exercise to remove books deemed politically incorrect, deepening Chinese President Xi Jinping’s push to instil patriotism and ideological purity in the education system.

//A directive from the Ministry of Education last October called on elementary and middle schools to clear out books from their libraries including “illegal” and “inappropriate” works. Now teachers have removed books from schools in at least 30 of mainland China’s 33 provinces and municipalities, according to a Reuters review of social media posts, publicly available school and local government documents, and interviews with teachers.

//Censorship in China has been intensifying under Xi, but analysts say this is the first national campaign aimed at libraries in decades. It comes as government employees in Hong Kong last week removed books by pro-democracy activists from public libraries to see whether they violate a new national security law.

//The ministry directive did not list titles, but said illegal books are those “that damage the unity of the country, sovereignty or its territory; books that upset society’s order and damage societal stability; books that violate the Party’s guidelines and policies, smear or defame the Party, the country’s leaders and heroes.”

Full article: Reuters, (09-Jul)

#Censorship #BookCleansing #China #Xi #patriotism #Nationalism

Hong Kong's “National Education Calendar” suggests discussing #ChineseCommunistParty development and watching three "patriotic anti-Japanese" films a year

In a letter to all primary and secondary schools in Hong Kong, the Education Bureau (#EDB) "strongly recommended" schools to "fully and systematically" implement learning activities for #NationalSecurityEducation.

The bureau attached a calendar of "important dates" on the national education curriculum, as well as suggested learning activities for each. These recommendations include watching patriotic or anti-Japanese war movies on three memorial dates related to the anti-Japanese war; holding memorial ceremonies on "mourning day for Nanjing Massacre Victims"; celebrating the "102nd Anniversary of the founding of the #CCP" with discussions on the Party's development, etc.

The EDB had also made it mandatory for all primary and secondary schools to fly the Chinese flag on all school days, as well as to hold a weekly flag-raising ceremony, complete with singing the Chinese national anthem. Secretary of Education Christine Choi says that, as the youth is the future pillars of society, schools must instill in students the concept of the nation, as well as national identity and pride, in order to develop them into a new generation of "knowledgeable, responsible youths who love the country and love Hong Kong".

[Editor's notes: Many China-produced television dramas and films about fighting the Japanese during World War 2 are characterized by their nationalistic nature. They are also known for "over-the-top violence and implausible plot events." For more information, check out this report by Hong Kong Free Press:

Patriotic comedies? Japanese author compiles an encyclopaedia of Chinese anti-Japan dramas
https://hongkongfp.com/2018/05/06/patriotic-comedies-japanese-author-compiles-encyclopaedia-chinese-anti-japan-dramas/ ]

Source: In-Media HK #Aug02
https://bit.ly/3zSgzGw

#Education #EducationBureau #NationalSecurityLaw #AntiJapan #Brainwashing #Nationalism