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MUST READ: VERY IMPORTANT!!
China’s propaganda machine permeates the world, how “little pinks” and “red communist apps” are weaponized
//The propaganda machine’s “alternative facts” shape global opinion
//Hong Kong: the government and the public unite to “rewrite history”
//Official statements doled out from the “Chinese Central Kitchen”
//Flamewars, destroying information sources in 24 hours… wolf warrior diplomacy amidst the pandemic
//Zhenhua Data and other public opinion businesses continue expanding
//Who earns the money that the CCP throws into outsourcing “public opinion manipulation ventures”?
//Scholars discover that cross-strait intermediaries are key
//Content farms frequently build “bridges”
//“Little pinks” become the latest headache for the West
//Communist Red apps and social media platforms, the information war’s final campaign
Full translation by: Hong Kong Echo
Source: The Reporter
#China #PropagandaMachine #ContentFarms #LittlePinks #InternetTroll #RedCommunists #RewriteHistory
China’s propaganda machine permeates the world, how “little pinks” and “red communist apps” are weaponized
//The propaganda machine’s “alternative facts” shape global opinion
//Hong Kong: the government and the public unite to “rewrite history”
//Official statements doled out from the “Chinese Central Kitchen”
//Flamewars, destroying information sources in 24 hours… wolf warrior diplomacy amidst the pandemic
//Zhenhua Data and other public opinion businesses continue expanding
//Who earns the money that the CCP throws into outsourcing “public opinion manipulation ventures”?
//Scholars discover that cross-strait intermediaries are key
//Content farms frequently build “bridges”
//“Little pinks” become the latest headache for the West
//Communist Red apps and social media platforms, the information war’s final campaign
Full translation by: Hong Kong Echo
Source: The Reporter
#China #PropagandaMachine #ContentFarms #LittlePinks #InternetTroll #RedCommunists #RewriteHistory
www.twreporter.org
駛向全球的中共大外宣機器，如何把「小粉紅」與「紅色App」武器化？ - 報導者 The Reporter
趁COVID-19之亂，「中共製造」的輿情產業持續壯大，兩岸掮客角色關鍵。大外宣機器 ──特別是「紅色App」和「小粉紅」，已為全球民主國家帶來怎樣的挑戰？
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We sincerely urged the University of Chicago to hold the fort for freedom of expression and not cave in to #CCP's threats! No doubt, U of #Chicago is far from the only institution that might be swarmed by this sort of attacks by #wumaos and #littlepinks and the like, whatever you'd like to call them. Whoever upholding the principle of #freespeech should #standwithHongKong!
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#hongkong #universityofchicago #nathanlaw #china #english #diyms
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#hongkong #universityofchicago #nathanlaw #china #english #diyms
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#PopMusic #Censorship
Top Ranking Song Mocking Chinese nationalists Banned in China and Delisted from HK-based streaming app
Malaysian rapper #Namewee and Taiwan-based Australian singer #KimberlyChen Fang-yu rolled out a Mandopop song titled "#Fragile" (玻璃心, or literally meaning "#GlassHeart"), on Youtube in mid-October 2021.
The term "glass heart" is commonly used to describe nationalist Chinese netizens who become easily upset when a social media post attacks the Chinese Comminist Party (#CCP).
While the song can be interpreted as a love song, the music video satirizes the CCP and nationalist Chinese netizens
(aka "#LittlePinks") through the extensive use of the color pink, simplified Chinese subtitles, and a giant and clumsy panda.
References are made to China's claims to Taiwan, bat soup representing COVID19, the Great Firewall, and #XiJingping's latest political campaign Common Prosperity.
The song hit the internet with an overwhelming popularity, receiving over 10 million Youtube views in just first few days.
The pro-China netizens criticized the lyrics for "inflicting insults on China", leading to both the ban of the singers in China and the removal of their #Weibo accounts.
In response, Namewee wrote on his Facebook page pointing out that the song has reflected a general trend as more people are realizing CCP's oppression and encroachment. The artist said, "[this song is] not so amazing, it's just a mirror."
Commenting on the freedom of expression in artistic creation, Namewee said, "If I have to give up creative freedom and my ideals, this goes against any artististic pursuit. I would rather stop creating."
Namewee added in his comment that with the growing number of supporters, he would consider leveraging their influence to resist and protest against authoritarianism.
He said, "I believe if one remains silent in the face of iron fist, it would foster and reinforce them [authoritarianism]. Until one day, the iron fist hits your head as it spares no one."
On October 27, 2011, the Hong Kong-based music app, #MOOV, was found delisted the song from its app. Netizens slammed the music app, calling it "#FragileMOOV".
Source: Stand News #Oct25; as1 entertainment #Oct27
https://thestandnews.page.link/v8e74czAgLL9oV6Z8/
#PopCulture #PopSong #MandoPop #MOOV #Delist #Creativity #Art #Culture #MusicVideo #Ban
Top Ranking Song Mocking Chinese nationalists Banned in China and Delisted from HK-based streaming app
Malaysian rapper #Namewee and Taiwan-based Australian singer #KimberlyChen Fang-yu rolled out a Mandopop song titled "#Fragile" (玻璃心, or literally meaning "#GlassHeart"), on Youtube in mid-October 2021.
The term "glass heart" is commonly used to describe nationalist Chinese netizens who become easily upset when a social media post attacks the Chinese Comminist Party (#CCP).
While the song can be interpreted as a love song, the music video satirizes the CCP and nationalist Chinese netizens
(aka "#LittlePinks") through the extensive use of the color pink, simplified Chinese subtitles, and a giant and clumsy panda.
References are made to China's claims to Taiwan, bat soup representing COVID19, the Great Firewall, and #XiJingping's latest political campaign Common Prosperity.
The song hit the internet with an overwhelming popularity, receiving over 10 million Youtube views in just first few days.
The pro-China netizens criticized the lyrics for "inflicting insults on China", leading to both the ban of the singers in China and the removal of their #Weibo accounts.
In response, Namewee wrote on his Facebook page pointing out that the song has reflected a general trend as more people are realizing CCP's oppression and encroachment. The artist said, "[this song is] not so amazing, it's just a mirror."
Commenting on the freedom of expression in artistic creation, Namewee said, "If I have to give up creative freedom and my ideals, this goes against any artististic pursuit. I would rather stop creating."
Namewee added in his comment that with the growing number of supporters, he would consider leveraging their influence to resist and protest against authoritarianism.
He said, "I believe if one remains silent in the face of iron fist, it would foster and reinforce them [authoritarianism]. Until one day, the iron fist hits your head as it spares no one."
On October 27, 2011, the Hong Kong-based music app, #MOOV, was found delisted the song from its app. Netizens slammed the music app, calling it "#FragileMOOV".
Source: Stand News #Oct25; as1 entertainment #Oct27
https://thestandnews.page.link/v8e74czAgLL9oV6Z8/
#PopCulture #PopSong #MandoPop #MOOV #Delist #Creativity #Art #Culture #MusicVideo #Ban