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Chinese HN readers, who would you guess comprises these online commenters denigrating their athletes? Are they everyday people? Educated and polite sorts? The C
by prawn 5y ago
Chinese HN readers, who would you guess comprises these online commenters denigrating their athletes? Are they everyday people? Educated and polite sorts? The Chinese equivalent of a bogan?
Ben Simmons withdrawing from the Australian basketball team after an apparent mental breakdown in the NBA post-season wasn't well received by many Australian basketball fans. Some of the forum posts have been a bit ridiculous, so I'm wondering about the sorts of people getting caught up in the reactions in that case, and the Chinese example.
- samspenc 5y agoQuite possibly the government's Wu Mao [1][2] based on similar incidents in the past. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/50_Cent_Party [2] https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/who-are-chinese-trolls-50-cent-army https://www.voanews.com/east-asia-pacific/who-are-chinese-tr...
- AussieWog93 5y agoI would bet a lot more than 50c that the CCP isn't involved in a state-sponsored campaign to berate their own athletes, undermine social cohesion and tip the scales more in the favour of a cultural revolution 2.0.
- prawn 5y agoNot to mention that the public in other parts of the world seem quite capable of rubbishing their athletes without much government provocation.
- lumberingjack 5y agoSo you don't think that a country that allows many of it's citizens to constantly die in brutal infrastructure accidents would start a propaganda campaign stating that they're most patriotic are not patriotic enough?