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#TokyoOlympics #Opening
Japanese Netizens' Different Reception of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the PRC
During the opening ceremony of 2020 Tokyo Olympics on July 23, 2021, the national team of Taiwan was arranged to march in the stadium in an order that follows the alphabetical sequence of "Ta". It means the organizer identifies Taiwan in the name of "Taiwan", instead of the name "Chinese Taipei", imposed by the People's Republic of China (#PRC).
Although the official announcement was still made according to the denomination "Chinese Taipei", the host of the Japanese national TV channnel #NHK used the name "Taiwan".
Moreover, on the platform Niconico where many Japanese netizens streamed the ceremony, enthusiatic reactions appeared with entrancd of Team Taiwan and Team Hong Kong.
Many netizens typed in phrases like "Taiwan Taiwan", "An Independent Country", "Fight on, Taiwan", "Love Taiwan" when seeing Tean Taiwan marched in. Netizens also cheered for the Team Hong Kong: "Fight on Hong Kong", "Hongkongers Persist" and "Fight for freedom"
This contrasts with the reactions the Japanese netizens had towards the PRC team. The netizens critique China's human rights violations and political prosecutions in the past and present. Words like "Tiananmen", "Covid", "massacre" popped up.
It was also reported that China's #Tencent suspended the live streaming after the said NHK host called out "Taiwan". In the end, the Chinese streaming platform failed to show the entrance of Team PRC due to its censorship of the official Japanese host.
Source: Apple Daily, Taiwan; Newstalk; Niconico, Japan #Jul24
https://newtalk.tw/news/view/2021-07-24/609393
https://bit.ly/3xXGSrc
Japanese Netizens' Different Reception of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and the PRC
During the opening ceremony of 2020 Tokyo Olympics on July 23, 2021, the national team of Taiwan was arranged to march in the stadium in an order that follows the alphabetical sequence of "Ta". It means the organizer identifies Taiwan in the name of "Taiwan", instead of the name "Chinese Taipei", imposed by the People's Republic of China (#PRC).
Although the official announcement was still made according to the denomination "Chinese Taipei", the host of the Japanese national TV channnel #NHK used the name "Taiwan".
Moreover, on the platform Niconico where many Japanese netizens streamed the ceremony, enthusiatic reactions appeared with entrancd of Team Taiwan and Team Hong Kong.
Many netizens typed in phrases like "Taiwan Taiwan", "An Independent Country", "Fight on, Taiwan", "Love Taiwan" when seeing Tean Taiwan marched in. Netizens also cheered for the Team Hong Kong: "Fight on Hong Kong", "Hongkongers Persist" and "Fight for freedom"
This contrasts with the reactions the Japanese netizens had towards the PRC team. The netizens critique China's human rights violations and political prosecutions in the past and present. Words like "Tiananmen", "Covid", "massacre" popped up.
It was also reported that China's #Tencent suspended the live streaming after the said NHK host called out "Taiwan". In the end, the Chinese streaming platform failed to show the entrance of Team PRC due to its censorship of the official Japanese host.
Source: Apple Daily, Taiwan; Newstalk; Niconico, Japan #Jul24
https://newtalk.tw/news/view/2021-07-24/609393
https://bit.ly/3xXGSrc
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東奧開幕直播「辱華」!中國進場遭日網友嗆:諸惡的根源、病毒發源地
東京奧運23日開幕式讓中國小粉紅氣得跳腳,不只日本《NHK》主播介紹「台灣進場」,南韓《MBC》主播也說「台灣選手進場」,「中華台北」更換成了「台灣」。另外,提供網友以「彈幕」形式留言在影片上的影音網站「Niconico」直播台灣進場時一片讚聲,但當中國進場時,馬上成了怨聲載道的「大型辱華現場」,反
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#TokyoOlympics #Sprint #Bronze
Olympic Medalist #SarahLee Tells Fellow #Hongkongers: "When we have done my best, there is no regret"
Hong Kong’s track cyclist Sarah Wai-sze Lee on August 8, 2021, won her second bronze medal in the women’s track cycling sprint event in 2020 Tokyo Olympic, becoming, after her bronze medal in the kirin conpetitionin the 2012 London Olympics. Lee is the first local athlete to win medals in two different games and two separate Olympic Games.
In the bronze medal match in Tokyo, Lee beat Germany’s Emma Hinze 2-0 in a best-of-three match up.
Lee said after the match that her goal is to capture two medals in her last Olympic Games. She has mixed feeling after winning one bronze, "Life is like this: You work hard on one thing, but the outcome is not ideal. At least, when we have done my best, there is no regret."
Lee said she learnt to take good care of herself during the competition, "I always tell myself to cherish myself more, in order to go forward. I realise I can become the one who loves me the most."
Source: Stand News #Aug8
https://bit.ly/3lHqBTX
#Sport #HongkongAthlete
Olympic Medalist #SarahLee Tells Fellow #Hongkongers: "When we have done my best, there is no regret"
Hong Kong’s track cyclist Sarah Wai-sze Lee on August 8, 2021, won her second bronze medal in the women’s track cycling sprint event in 2020 Tokyo Olympic, becoming, after her bronze medal in the kirin conpetitionin the 2012 London Olympics. Lee is the first local athlete to win medals in two different games and two separate Olympic Games.
In the bronze medal match in Tokyo, Lee beat Germany’s Emma Hinze 2-0 in a best-of-three match up.
Lee said after the match that her goal is to capture two medals in her last Olympic Games. She has mixed feeling after winning one bronze, "Life is like this: You work hard on one thing, but the outcome is not ideal. At least, when we have done my best, there is no regret."
Lee said she learnt to take good care of herself during the competition, "I always tell myself to cherish myself more, in order to go forward. I realise I can become the one who loves me the most."
Source: Stand News #Aug8
https://bit.ly/3lHqBTX
#Sport #HongkongAthlete
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#Court
Man who Posted Video of Olympic Gold Ceremony with "Glory to Hong Kong" Now Charged with "Insulting National Anthem of China"
When Hong Kong fencer #CheungKaLong won a #GoldMedal at the #TokyoOlympics in July 2021, many Hongkongers were overjoyed. Among them, a 27-year-old man published a video of the medal ceremony on the Internet, replacing the audio of China's national anthem with "Glory to Hong Kong," an anthem of the 2019 #AntiELAB movement.
One year later, the man was now charged with "insulting the national anthem of China" and "insulting the emblem of the Hong Kong SAR."
The case was heard in the Eastern Magistrates on July 22, 2022. The man was not represented by any counsel. The magistrate accepted the man's request to postpone the hearing to September 2, 2022, so that the man can look for a lawyer.
Source: InMedia #Jul22
https://bit.ly/3aVGjYS
#NationalAnthemOrdinance #PoliceState #Censorship #GlorytoHongKong #Sport #OnlineVideo #HongKongAthlete
Man who Posted Video of Olympic Gold Ceremony with "Glory to Hong Kong" Now Charged with "Insulting National Anthem of China"
When Hong Kong fencer #CheungKaLong won a #GoldMedal at the #TokyoOlympics in July 2021, many Hongkongers were overjoyed. Among them, a 27-year-old man published a video of the medal ceremony on the Internet, replacing the audio of China's national anthem with "Glory to Hong Kong," an anthem of the 2019 #AntiELAB movement.
One year later, the man was now charged with "insulting the national anthem of China" and "insulting the emblem of the Hong Kong SAR."
The case was heard in the Eastern Magistrates on July 22, 2022. The man was not represented by any counsel. The magistrate accepted the man's request to postpone the hearing to September 2, 2022, so that the man can look for a lawyer.
Source: InMedia #Jul22
https://bit.ly/3aVGjYS
#NationalAnthemOrdinance #PoliceState #Censorship #GlorytoHongKong #Sport #OnlineVideo #HongKongAthlete