China has been using state-backed cancel movements to force companies and celebrities to comply with their official stance on Taiwan, Hong Kong, Tibet, East Turkestan, the US, or even just freedom and democracy in general.
They did this with Tzuyu from the Korean idol group Twice. Tzuyu held a ROC flag in one of their internet streams, and China threatened to ban Twice forcing Tzuyu to record a public apology claiming she is Chinese and what she did was wrong. They did this to ASUS, HTC and other Japanese and Korea media, celebs and companies, often for the smallest things.
For example, they attempted to subject ASUS to the same treatment late 2020, when ASUS Japan was about to host a live streaming event with a Japanese vtuber group Hololive, which China had a problem with because one of the vtuber once reffered to Taiwan as a country in his stream.
ASUS China’s social media editor deliberately inflamed Chinese netizens and demanded ASUS to make public statements about where it stands on Taiwan being referred to as a country. The Hololive livestream event was canceled, but ASUS refused to make an official comment. They also transferred that Chinese social media editor to another post, taking away his ability to speak on behave of ASUS China online.
ASUS’ response is probably one of the best so far. Just cancel the event being challenged, and then ignore the internet.
Just this week, a Malaysian comic based in the UK, Nigel Ng, who became famous for his character Uncle Roger and making fun of crappy Asian cooking online, deleted his latest youtube video making fun of an Filipino chef making dumplings, and wrote an apology on Chinese social media, all because in that video he collaborated with Mike Chen from Strickly Dumplings.
Nigel’s apology:
https://weibo.com/7231497816/JCQPH5vzK?from=page_1005057231497816_profile&wvr=6&mod=weibotime
【致歉】
致各位罗杰叔叔粉丝与观众朋友们：
感谢大家一直以来对我的频道的关注，1月10日，我在频道上发布了和某YouTube博主合作的视频
[ Uncle Roger Review UGLIEST DUMPLING EVER ]，我意识到该视频引发了非常不好的社会影响。在此，我与我的工作人员，向大家表示最诚挚的歉意！考虑到事态的严重性及视频本身可能造成的不好影响，我们在讨论后决定对其及合作内容作出全网删除处理。同时，恳请大家也不要再继续传播相关不良内容。
关于此视频，我和该博主沟通以及创作中，我并不了解他的政治想法，以及其过往对于中国不正确的言论。这一点是我的疏忽，我以后会加强内容管理审核。
作为一个马来西亚长大的华人，我非常热爱中国文化，也是我为什么开这个频道的原因。我想持续为大家带来更多优质、有趣的内容！
希望大家能够给予刚刚进入中国的罗杰叔叔一个改进的机会！
Nigel Ng
2021年1月12日【APOLOGY STATEMENT】
To all Uncle Roger fans and audiences:
Thank you for your continued support for my channel. On January 10th, I posted a collab video called “Uncle Roger Review UGLIEST DUMPLING EVER” on YouTube. It has come to my understanding that this video has made a bad social impact.
My staff and I would like to express our sincerest apologies to everyone. Considering the seriousness of this issue and the negative impact of the video itself, we discussed internally and decided to take it down from all platforms. At the same time, I urge everyone to please stop reposting content related to it.
During the process of working with the content-creator, I wasn’t aware of his political thoughts and his past incorrect remarks about China. This is my negligence, and I will be more careful when I make content in the future.
As an Asian who grew up in Malaysia, I love Chinese culture, which is why I started my channel. Moving forward, I want to keep making even better videos to entertain you!
I hope you can give Uncle Roger, who has just entered China, a chance to improve!
Nigel Ng
January 12, 2021
So, Mike Chen is a travel and foodie type youtuber, exactly what did he do to offend China? Turns out, Mike Chen is a member of the Falungong. So he criticized the CCP for its human rights abuses frequently on twitter. That’s it.
Haiya, Nigel, where your spine?
