Coronavirus: China-Thailand social media war escalates

[FarFlungFalang]

8 hours ago, Surelynot said:

Hell, need to brush up on my geopolitics. I thought Thailand was a self-ruled part of China.

What ever gave you the idea Thailand was self ruled?Oh I get it Xi rules it himself! 

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12 hours ago, dinsdale said:

One can extrapolate from this opinions toward the CCP pandering junta govt of Prayut. One can also wonder about the future of the CCP's One Belt One Road campaign to cement it's doctrine globally and hold countries hostage to debt.

Heard today the junta wants money from the IMF.

CCP lackeys will not get any from them.

[Redline]

Yes, It’s opinion, but there are interesting facts involved 

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/04/14/state-department-cables-warned-safety-issues-wuhan-lab-studying-bat-coronaviruses/?utm_campaign=wp_post_most&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_most

[webfact]

Young Thais join 'Milk Tea Alliance' in online backlash that angers Beijing

By Patpicha Tanakasempipat

 

A mobile phone displays an internet meme of a growing online movement called "Milk Tea Alliance" to show solidarity between Thailand, Taiwan and Hong Kong, in this illustration taken on April 15, 2020. REUTERS/Patpicha Tanakasempipat/Illustration

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Young Thais have banded together to pillory the Chinese embassy in Bangkok over a feud with Thai celebrities, part of a growing online movement to show solidarity with Taiwan and Hong Kong that has annoyed Beijing.

 

The movement, which calls itself the "Milk Tea Alliance" after a shared passion for sweet tea drinks, has triggered a wave of online criticism of China at a time when Beijing is trying to improve its image hurt by the coronavirus crisis.

 

The movement burst into the public eye in Thailand in recent days, after Chinese internet users launched a campaign against a young Thai actor whose TV drama has been popular in China, and his Thai model girlfriend. The two were both accused of having expressed support for Hong Kong and Taiwanese independence by sharing comments online.

 

In Thailand, support for Taiwan and Hong Kong have become rallying cries for Thais who consider their own government too authoritarian and too close to Beijing.

 

The hashtag #MilkTeaAlliance was among the top trending on Twitter in Thailand on Wednesday along with one in Thai that translates as #MilkTeaIsThickerThanBlood - which had nearly one million tweets.

 

The Chinese embassy waded into the affair late on Tuesday with a Facebook post criticising those who attacked China. Beijing's "One China" principle towards Hong Kong and Taiwan was "irrefutable" and "the recent online noises only reflect bias and ignorance," the embassy wrote.

 

That triggered 17,000 replies, mostly from angry Thais.

 

DON'T FORCE IT

"One China Principle is only China's. Don't force it on others," commented Facebook user Duangporn Sangchan.

 

The embassy did not respond immediately to a request for comment on the response.

 

"The backlash shows that the official narrative repeated among governments, armies and elites isn't widely accepted in Thai society," said Wasana Wongsurawat, an expert on China at Bangkok's Chulalongkorn University.

 

"Anti-Beijing sentiment has become a part of Thais' fight against authoritarianism," she told Reuters.

 

A Thai government spokeswoman told Reuters the government respected Thais' freedom of expression and the issue did nothing to affect the nation's ties with China.

 

Taiwan's government and Hong Kong's pro-democracy protesters appear glad to have found new allies in Thailand. Without referring directly to the row, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen late on Tuesday tweeted best wishes in Thai for the local new year, which began on Monday.

 

Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong posted a meme of three figures clinking glasses of milk tea and called for pan-Asian solidarity "to fend off all forms of authoritarianism from China".

 

Wasana said Thailand's younger generation were less likely than their parents to accept the arguments of authority.

"They are rather convinced by milk tea, which is their lifestyle," she said.

 

(Editing by Matthew Tostevin and Peter Graff)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-04-16

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[rasmus5150]

Hats off to the new young Thai generation.

Glad that someone is willing to show their true colors

[ukrules]

When they find out what's coming next they're going to really step up the hate against China and with good reason.

 

I have a very good idea how this will play out over the next year or two and it's not good.

[Relocated]

This article seems to be fabricated by  an anonymous guy. Censorship of China so tight that no Chinese can say anything for whatever.  My Chinese lady with post graduate degree has absolutely no opinion and she doesn't have access to internet 24 hours a day. One of those internet generated untrue story. 

[Borzandy]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The Chinese embassy waded into the affair late on Tuesday with a Facebook post criticising those who attacked China.

China is attacked all over the world.

[Topdoc]

21 hours ago, smedly said:

my own opinion is that it did after seeing a documentry on the topic, I had suspected before but now I firmly believe it

 

Me too. This virus was most likely developed in a lab just down the road from the wet market. 

 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-chinas-bat-woman-hunted-down-viruses-from-sars-to-the-new-coronavirus1/

 

 

 

 

[rvaviator]

20 hours ago, talahtnut said:

I found out Jupiter is just a heap of gas.

Just like TV.

5555 .... and the science community spend millions sending satellites to it ..... So must be something there of interest ... ???? 

[ChrisY1]

The government/military will squash this if it starts to get to much attention. 

But, kudos to these guys....the younger generation sure seem to be moving forward quickly and in the right direction. The dinosaurs will be watching and hopefully getting nervous.

[DPKANKAN]

2 hours ago, rasmus5150 said:

Hats off to the new young Thai generation.

Glad that someone is willing to show their true colors

And let's hope it will inspire them onwards to remove the 'regime' that supresses here!!????????????????????????????????

[LeamchabangLarry]

This whole thing has been awesome to follow.  The Thai netizens have been owning the chinese trolls all over the internet.  There are some of the funniest memes coming out of this country.

 

It you want to see the pwnage, look up #nnevvy on twitter.

[tonray]

1 hour ago, Borzandy said:

China is attacked all over the world.

Just Say NO to Khai Mook

[metisdead]

Numerous off topic posts and replies related to Ad Blocker etc have been removed. 

[Isaan sailor]

No more bat soup with Corona beer for me.  I’ll take milk tea with gusto!

[bluesofa]

2 minutes ago, Isaan sailor said:

No more bat soup with Corona beer for me.  I’ll take milk tea with gusto!

Who is this Gusto and where does he live?

It's just not cricket, the Chinese have eaten all the bats.

 

[klauskunkel]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Beijing's "One China" principle towards Hong Kong and Taiwan was "irrefutable" and "the recent online noises only reflect bias and ignorance," the embassy wrote.

That triggered 17,000 replies, mostly from angry Thais.

"One China Principle is only China's. Don't force it on others," commented Facebook user Duangporn Sangchan.

 

The embassy did not respond immediately to a request for comment on the response.

The embassy is at a loss answering people who think for themselves. There is just no template in the embassy's vault that could be used in a case like this. "Help, comrade Politburo, help oh communistic super-thinkers, we have been challenged intellectually!"

[Isaan sailor]

China has a PR problem, due to the origins of the Wuhan virus.  No wonder they lobbied so hard, with success to use the non locator Covid-19 name. 

[Proboscis]

3 hours ago, Topdoc said:

 

Me too. This virus was most likely developed in a lab just down the road from the wet market. 

 

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-chinas-bat-woman-hunted-down-viruses-from-sars-to-the-new-coronavirus1/

 

 

 

 

Name one virus that was created in a lab.

 

Name one virus that was successfully made infectious to humans when before it was only passed between animals such as bats.

[EricTh]

On 4/15/2020 at 6:56 AM, kevin612 said:

Just internet quarrel, no big deal at all. Stay safe, everyone.

Internet quarrel happen all the time as we can see in Thaivisa.

 

Mai Ben Rai, Thailand needs Chinese tourists to prop up their ailing economy.  It's no big deal and will soon be forgotten.

[yuyiinthesky]

#MilkTeaAlliance ????

It's very encouraging to see that even the 50 cent army cannot stop the young generation. Go, #MilkTeaAlliance, go!

[rabas]

27 minutes ago, Proboscis said:

Name one virus that was created in a lab.

 

Name one virus that was successfully made infectious to humans when before it was only passed between animals such as bats.

Type: nCoV-2019 type corona virus

Location: Wuhan Institute of Virology

 

"In 2015, a team including scientists from the Institute published successful research on whether a bat coronavirus could be made to infect HeLa. The team engineered a hybrid virus, combining a bat coronavirus with a SARS virus that had been adapted to grow in mice and mimic human disease. The hybrid virus was able to infect human cells.[10][11]"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuhan_Institute_of_Virology

 

There are many more. It's done for research. They even made one that could cause severe disease in bats. Bats normally don't get sick from CoV.

 

[727Sky]

I assume many on this site have heard about the treatment of blacks in China . Well it would appear once again the Chinese PR people screwed up.

https://kenyanreport.com/2020/04/15/video-nigerians-burn-chinese-factory-in-retaliation-to-attacks-of-africans-in-china/

 

With the advent of COVID-19 the opposition in many countries will hopefully rise up and say "No buying our governments by China" and everyone in country found to be on the Chinese payroll/tea money will be outed.

 

[Tops]

20 minutes ago, rabas said:

Type: nCoV-2019 type corona virus

Location: Wuhan Institute of Virology

Let China pay the damages to the economy due to their created Corona virus first !!!
What happens after we'll see later...

[rudi49jr]

Wonder how soon the Thai authorities will clamp down on this to protect their preciou$$$$ relationship with Beijing?

[BobbyL]

Good to see some Thai people not being brainwashed by their Chinese overlords. Long may it continue. 

[Enzian]

If you are interested in the Chinese influence in Thailand over the past 200 years or so up to the present, I recommend Wasana Wongsurawat's book published last year. 

It's best I not cite the title but you can look it up in a second. 

[CygnusX1]

I’m surprised that nobody’s yet raised the easiest way of punishing China, which wouldn’t affect world trade or start a nuclear war, just cause them to lose huge face. Bring Taiwan back into the fold. Make them a full member of the U.N., a member of the WHO naturally, have a Taiwan team at the Olympics. If the Chinese Communist Party objected, I’m sure that Donald Trump would be only too delighted to tell them to go and **** themselves.

[Thingamabob]

Good for you. Be careful though. There will be a backlash. Your government's loyalty is to Beijing, not to you.