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Chinese Netizens Attack Japanese Virtual Youtubers for Calling Taiwan a Country
Two virtual YouTubers, Akai Haato and Kiryu Coco, have been slammed by Chinese netizens after the two referred Taiwan to as a country in their videos, respectively streamed on September 24 and 25, 2020 on the Chinese platform Bilibili.
The two talents belong to Hololive, a Japanese virtual YouTuber agency owned and operated by Japan's Cover Corp. On September 27, Cover Corp issued a statement, announcing the suspension of the activities of #AkaiHaato and #KiryuCoco for 3 weeks.
Netizens from around the world replied the tweet with messages and memes mocking the company for kowtowing to China.
Source: Liberty Times #Sept27
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3305068
#VTubers #Youtubers #Bilibili #Hololive #CoverCorp
Chinese Netizens Attack Japanese Virtual Youtubers for Calling Taiwan a Country
Two virtual YouTubers, Akai Haato and Kiryu Coco, have been slammed by Chinese netizens after the two referred Taiwan to as a country in their videos, respectively streamed on September 24 and 25, 2020 on the Chinese platform Bilibili.
The two talents belong to Hololive, a Japanese virtual YouTuber agency owned and operated by Japan's Cover Corp. On September 27, Cover Corp issued a statement, announcing the suspension of the activities of #AkaiHaato and #KiryuCoco for 3 weeks.
Netizens from around the world replied the tweet with messages and memes mocking the company for kowtowing to China.
Source: Liberty Times #Sept27
https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/3305068
#VTubers #Youtubers #Bilibili #Hololive #CoverCorp