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Every Chinese celebrity have written the exact same post on their social media [1-3]. I don’t know if their views are genuine but it definitely feels like a coo

Every Chinese celebrity have written the exact same post on their social media [1-3]. I don’t know if their views are genuine but it definitely feels like a coordinated social media campaign by the government. These posts are made inorganically as most of these celebrities have never shared their political opinions before. All of the sudden they’re posting the same things on the same day. It’s extremely strange. [1] https://twitter.com/layzhang/status/1161521747243520008?s=21 https://twitter.com/layzhang/status/1161521747243520008?s=21 [2] https://pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/201908/14/htm_2019081419132179786.jpg https://pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/201908... [3] https://m.imgur.com/6tIRGSJ https://m.imgur.com/6tIRGSJ

admk 7y ago
Because the news of the journalist got beaten up by the protesters went viral. There were more than 4 billion views on the related searches [1]. I will refrain from commenting on politics (don't have the time to contribute) but must say that I found both sides are incredibly biased against each other. [1]: https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23%E6%88%91%E4%B9%9F%E6%94%AF%E6%8C%81%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%AD%A6%E5%AF%9F%23 https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23%E6%88%91%E4%B9%9F%E6%94%AF%E...
- gruez 7y ago
  >Because the news of the journalist got beaten up by the protesters went viral Given there's a history of the government using provocateurs. I'd take that with a grain of salt.
- gwathk 7y ago
  The "journalist" has no official record of him[1]. He also held a travel visa to Hong Kong and failed to show press pass on the scene[2]. It is wrong to do this to anyone and the protestor organized an apology session in HK airport the next day.[3] [1]: (if you read chinese) http://cablenews.i-cable.com/ci/videopage/news/554875/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/%E5%85%A7%E5%9C%B0%E8%A8%98%E8%80%85%E8%BA%AB%E4%BB%BD%E5%AE%98%E7%B6%B2%E7%84%A1%E4%BB%98%E5%9C%8B%E8%B1%AA%E7%B4%80%E9%8C%84 http://cablenews.i-cable.com/ci/videopage/news/554875/%E5%8D... [2]: https://www.facebook.com/HKJA.official/posts/10157252898460309?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBtQKTihskUb4dJtnNXIiDR0IC-zLwC8VR8_3SoRPZR-PbTl43U7ki6hmGRd-g6hIOqqCtUqo_fjZabJZA2Galspr36kRqhCqBmJtBApI1qcA8XwW0NXJON-6aoh2Z0ynlH9zugf0ROmhwV_H6nmKLXs055MljSuficYUvsIFIGoObMQu0HI2GjkhULSoiZCAnWQpFw0KRL0-oxNbjg27-cCiyPgcYJ4L_fdIfFQTUr6NzZCa0teaDHJDd56bhdrStDfrwO_nMjnA1QEWu5htlcwGFYvPfdaSO-r1D7SszSR0qCZBkLkV_RmTeGx-xKw4qoiMasMnN7PVay&__tn__=-R https://www.facebook.com/HKJA.official/posts/101572528984603... [3]: https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/order-returns-hong-kong-airport-protesters-apologize https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/order-returns-hong...
  - admk 7y ago
    Re. [1,2] see [4], but I wouldn't expect it to convince you. Re. [3] I fail to see how an apology is an acceptable excuse for the protesters' behaviour, regardless of their cause. [4]: https://weibo.com/1989660417/I2cCLyIGC?refer_flag=1001030103_ https://weibo.com/1989660417/I2cCLyIGC?refer_flag=1001030103...
    - yorwba 7y ago
      The protesters apologizing are presumably not the same whose behavior they're apologizing for. It just shows that the protest movement is not homogeneous and does not as a whole support indiscriminate violence.
    - Aeolun 7y ago
      > I fail to see how an apology is an acceptable excuse for the protesters' behaviour, regardless of their cause. Presumably you think the same thing about the behaviour of the police. But they are lacking even an apology.
- siidooloo 7y ago
  You don’t have time to comment, but you do have time to make this comment?
- baybal2 7y ago
  > [1] In a strange time we live in, a red guard journalist gets a struggle session from pro-democracy activists in China's most freewheeling city
weiming 7y ago
Seems not too different from our (US) celebrities posting the same political messages in unison. Like most of the Avengers cast and others. I've always wondered how scripted this is.
- traderjane 7y ago
  Reminds me of the recent matter of monopoly and coordinated messaging with Sinclair Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxtkvG1JnPk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxtkvG1JnPk
  - weiming 7y ago
    The Sinclair video seemed creepy at first, but then again, these are literally paid TV announcers whose job consists of reading a script. One would expect the content to be scripted, and that's why I prefer indie people on YouTube over TV talking heads.
    - deleted 7y ago
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  - Nadya 7y ago
    Support the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWLjYJ4BzvI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWLjYJ4BzvI
- auslander 7y ago
  Try to find about EU's INSTEX, financial vehicle to bypass US sanctions, in mainstream US media.
wenning 7y ago
It's not strange, because we saw the protestors having done so many bad things and these are not reported out of china.
a1231312 7y ago
I wouldn't read too much about it. Especially in China where celebrities get into big trouble for voicing the wrong opinion. They probably posted it because their publishers and managers told them to do so to win some favors with the government.
- creaghpatr 7y ago
  Happens in America too, celebs today are one bad take away from being ‘canceled’
  - siidooloo 7y ago
    They arn’t being cancelled by the government. And they arn’t speaking out for fear of being disappeared by the government. I don’t like the US government, but there is no equivalency with China.
  - koonsolo 7y ago
    Do you seriously think that celebrities are scared to say bad things about their government/president? And if they do, that there will be repercussions? You can't be serious right?
    - simplify 7y ago
      Based on personal experience, there are in fact some Chinese that are surprised to learn Americans can criticize the president with no repercussions.
      - powerapple 7y ago
        base on personal experience, Chinese can be surprised to learn Americans would criticized the president, but won't be surprised to learn Americans can criticize the president with no repercussions. Otherwise, Hollywood is doing a very bad job.
- asfarley 7y ago
  New account, no other posts, anonymous name, nothing to see here move along
dionian 7y ago
also why are they using twitter its banned in china for censorship reasons
- gruez 7y ago
  Presumably because the CCP cares about its foreign image. Tiananmen Square 2.0 might result in sanctions from other countries, but if they can paint it as "cracking down on troublemakers", they might be able to justify it.
  - Aeolun 7y ago
    A coordinated bot campaign is a bit hard to miss though. Now they just look pathetic.
    - ebog 7y ago
      It works
    - craftyguy 7y ago
      It worked for the last US presidential election.
sak5sk 7y ago
https://twitter.com/search?q=%22I%20love%20China%F0%9F%87%A8%F0%9F%87%B3I%20love%20Hong%20Kong%F0%9F%87%A8%F0%9F%87%B3%20&src=typed_query https://twitter.com/search?q=%22I%20love%20China%F0%9F%87%A8... Here you go. Not suspicious at all! Edit: another gem full of bot accounts: https://twitter.com/search?q=%20what%20a%20shame%20for%20Hong%20Kong&src=typed_query https://twitter.com/search?q=%20what%20a%20shame%20for%20Hon...
titicaca123 7y ago
No it’s not strange if you know what Really happened there. On Tuesday night at the HK airport, protesters surrounded two Chinese citizens from main land, searched their belongings, tied them up and beat them badly. It took a almost four hours for the paramedics to get the first guy out From the airport because the protesters tried to block them. The second guy is a journalist. He was calm and fearless when they tied him up. He said to the mob: I support Hongkong police , now you can beat me. Then the beating started. On his way out on a stretcher, he said I love Hongkong. The video has gone viral in Chinese Weibo, people are shocked and angry. And they are so moved by his courage. His words has been shared by countless people. A lot of celebrities has shared on their social media as well. The government does not ask them to do this. The western media, however, only reported that the police clashed with protesters. So most people only knows a little about what happened that night. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3022838/how-terrifying-night-hong-kong-international-airport https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3022838...
- amaccuish 7y ago
  I can't believe this was downvoted. It's literally what happened.
powerapple 7y ago
they are genuine. most of my friends hold same view.

admk 7y ago

Because the news of the journalist got beaten up by the protesters went viral. There were more than 4 billion views on the related searches [1]. I will refrain from commenting on politics (don't have the time to contribute) but must say that I found both sides are incredibly biased against each other. [1]: https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23%E6%88%91%E4%B9%9F%E6%94%AF%E6%8C%81%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E8%AD%A6%E5%AF%9F%23 https://s.weibo.com/weibo?q=%23%E6%88%91%E4%B9%9F%E6%94%AF%E...

gruez 7y ago
>Because the news of the journalist got beaten up by the protesters went viral Given there's a history of the government using provocateurs. I'd take that with a grain of salt.
gwathk 7y ago
The "journalist" has no official record of him[1]. He also held a travel visa to Hong Kong and failed to show press pass on the scene[2]. It is wrong to do this to anyone and the protestor organized an apology session in HK airport the next day.[3] [1]: (if you read chinese) http://cablenews.i-cable.com/ci/videopage/news/554875/%E5%8D%B3%E6%99%82%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E/%E5%85%A7%E5%9C%B0%E8%A8%98%E8%80%85%E8%BA%AB%E4%BB%BD%E5%AE%98%E7%B6%B2%E7%84%A1%E4%BB%98%E5%9C%8B%E8%B1%AA%E7%B4%80%E9%8C%84 http://cablenews.i-cable.com/ci/videopage/news/554875/%E5%8D... [2]: https://www.facebook.com/HKJA.official/posts/10157252898460309?__xts__%5B0%5D=68.ARBtQKTihskUb4dJtnNXIiDR0IC-zLwC8VR8_3SoRPZR-PbTl43U7ki6hmGRd-g6hIOqqCtUqo_fjZabJZA2Galspr36kRqhCqBmJtBApI1qcA8XwW0NXJON-6aoh2Z0ynlH9zugf0ROmhwV_H6nmKLXs055MljSuficYUvsIFIGoObMQu0HI2GjkhULSoiZCAnWQpFw0KRL0-oxNbjg27-cCiyPgcYJ4L_fdIfFQTUr6NzZCa0teaDHJDd56bhdrStDfrwO_nMjnA1QEWu5htlcwGFYvPfdaSO-r1D7SszSR0qCZBkLkV_RmTeGx-xKw4qoiMasMnN7PVay&__tn__=-R https://www.facebook.com/HKJA.official/posts/101572528984603... [3]: https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/order-returns-hong-kong-airport-protesters-apologize https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/order-returns-hong...
- admk 7y ago
  Re. [1,2] see [4], but I wouldn't expect it to convince you. Re. [3] I fail to see how an apology is an acceptable excuse for the protesters' behaviour, regardless of their cause. [4]: https://weibo.com/1989660417/I2cCLyIGC?refer_flag=1001030103_ https://weibo.com/1989660417/I2cCLyIGC?refer_flag=1001030103...
  - yorwba 7y ago
    The protesters apologizing are presumably not the same whose behavior they're apologizing for. It just shows that the protest movement is not homogeneous and does not as a whole support indiscriminate violence.
  - Aeolun 7y ago
    > I fail to see how an apology is an acceptable excuse for the protesters' behaviour, regardless of their cause. Presumably you think the same thing about the behaviour of the police. But they are lacking even an apology.
siidooloo 7y ago
You don’t have time to comment, but you do have time to make this comment?
baybal2 7y ago
> [1] In a strange time we live in, a red guard journalist gets a struggle session from pro-democracy activists in China's most freewheeling city

weiming 7y ago

Seems not too different from our (US) celebrities posting the same political messages in unison. Like most of the Avengers cast and others. I've always wondered how scripted this is.

traderjane 7y ago
Reminds me of the recent matter of monopoly and coordinated messaging with Sinclair Media: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxtkvG1JnPk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QxtkvG1JnPk
- weiming 7y ago
  The Sinclair video seemed creepy at first, but then again, these are literally paid TV announcers whose job consists of reading a script. One would expect the content to be scripted, and that's why I prefer indie people on YouTube over TV talking heads.
  - deleted 7y ago
    [deleted]
- Nadya 7y ago
  Support the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWLjYJ4BzvI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWLjYJ4BzvI
auslander 7y ago
Try to find about EU's INSTEX, financial vehicle to bypass US sanctions, in mainstream US media.

wenning 7y ago

It's not strange, because we saw the protestors having done so many bad things and these are not reported out of china.

a1231312 7y ago

I wouldn't read too much about it. Especially in China where celebrities get into big trouble for voicing the wrong opinion. They probably posted it because their publishers and managers told them to do so to win some favors with the government.

creaghpatr 7y ago
Happens in America too, celebs today are one bad take away from being ‘canceled’
- siidooloo 7y ago
  They arn’t being cancelled by the government. And they arn’t speaking out for fear of being disappeared by the government. I don’t like the US government, but there is no equivalency with China.
- koonsolo 7y ago
  Do you seriously think that celebrities are scared to say bad things about their government/president? And if they do, that there will be repercussions? You can't be serious right?
  - simplify 7y ago
    Based on personal experience, there are in fact some Chinese that are surprised to learn Americans can criticize the president with no repercussions.
    - powerapple 7y ago
      base on personal experience, Chinese can be surprised to learn Americans would criticized the president, but won't be surprised to learn Americans can criticize the president with no repercussions. Otherwise, Hollywood is doing a very bad job.
asfarley 7y ago
New account, no other posts, anonymous name, nothing to see here move along

dionian 7y ago

also why are they using twitter its banned in china for censorship reasons

gruez 7y ago
Presumably because the CCP cares about its foreign image. Tiananmen Square 2.0 might result in sanctions from other countries, but if they can paint it as "cracking down on troublemakers", they might be able to justify it.
- Aeolun 7y ago
  A coordinated bot campaign is a bit hard to miss though. Now they just look pathetic.
  - ebog 7y ago
    It works
  - craftyguy 7y ago
    It worked for the last US presidential election.

sak5sk 7y ago

https://twitter.com/search?q=%22I%20love%20China%F0%9F%87%A8%F0%9F%87%B3I%20love%20Hong%20Kong%F0%9F%87%A8%F0%9F%87%B3%20&src=typed_query https://twitter.com/search?q=%22I%20love%20China%F0%9F%87%A8... Here you go. Not suspicious at all! Edit: another gem full of bot accounts: https://twitter.com/search?q=%20what%20a%20shame%20for%20Hong%20Kong&src=typed_query https://twitter.com/search?q=%20what%20a%20shame%20for%20Hon...

titicaca123 7y ago

No it’s not strange if you know what Really happened there. On Tuesday night at the HK airport, protesters surrounded two Chinese citizens from main land, searched their belongings, tied them up and beat them badly. It took a almost four hours for the paramedics to get the first guy out From the airport because the protesters tried to block them. The second guy is a journalist. He was calm and fearless when they tied him up. He said to the mob: I support Hongkong police , now you can beat me. Then the beating started. On his way out on a stretcher, he said I love Hongkong. The video has gone viral in Chinese Weibo, people are shocked and angry. And they are so moved by his courage. His words has been shared by countless people. A lot of celebrities has shared on their social media as well. The government does not ask them to do this. The western media, however, only reported that the police clashed with protesters. So most people only knows a little about what happened that night. https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3022838/how-terrifying-night-hong-kong-international-airport https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3022838...

amaccuish 7y ago
I can't believe this was downvoted. It's literally what happened.

powerapple 7y ago

they are genuine. most of my friends hold same view.