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*** 8-May-20 World View -- Milk-Tea twitter war links Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines against China
This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
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**** Milk-Tea twitter war links Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines against China
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Bright's 2017 tweet with picture of #nnevvy, who infuriated China by saying she looked like a Taiwanese girl
There isn't much news lately except for coronavirus news. Potential
riots in places like Lebanon or India quickly die down because everyone
is afraid of getting sick.
So when this story popped up on my radar, it sounded great. It's
about a hilarious twitter war called the "Milk-Tea War" that has
special significance for younger generations in Thailand and their
bitter attitudes toward China.
I'll try to summarize the twitter war, but you'll need to read through
the sources for all the gory details.
The above is only a summary. There was an outpouring of
nationalist slurs and hatred only, fueled by the Chinese Communist
Party's (CCP's) news media.
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**** Milk-Tea War exposes generational split in Thailand
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Thailand's last generational crisis war was the Cambodian "killing
fields" war, 1975-79, in which Pol Pot's communist Khmer Rouge
government, backed by China, killed 2-3 million people in a massive
genocide. Even though the war wasn't on Thai soil, it spilled over
into Thailand in the army's fight against communists in Thailand.
Thailand's government has endeavoured to maintain friendly
relations with China, but what the Milk-Tea twitter war
reveals is that Thailand's younger generations, that grew up
after the war, are hostile to both China and their own government.
This is not surprising, as Thailand is in a generational Awakening
era, and there is a "generation gap" between the generations surviving
the war and the generations growing up after the war, as there
was in America in the 1970s.
Ever since Xi Jinping came to power in 2011, China has been
increasingly nationalistic and belligerent, ignoring international law
and committing crimes in the South China Sea and Xinjiang province.
Lately, the evidence has been growing that the CCP purposely seeded
the Wuhan Coronavirus on 180 countries of the world, so that China
wouldn't be the only country fighting the virus. ( "27-Apr-20 World View -- CNBC's Jim Cramer: Hostility to China grows in America"
)
The action by China's embassy to enter the fray and accuse the
Thai users of "bias and ignorance" turned what might have been fun
flame war into an international incident. It illustrates that
there is a great deal of hatred and hostility between the CCP
and young people in Thailand.
As world war with China approaches, China continues to make enemies.
China has a few allies, such as Cambodia, Pakistan, Myanmar, and
others, but China is surrounded by historic enemies, including Taiwan,
Japan, Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, India and Russia. Now we can add
Thailand to the list of likely CCP enemies.
Sources:
Related Articles:
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Thailand, Milk-Tea war,
Vachirawit Chivaaree, Bright, Weeraya Sukaram, #nnevvy,
Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines, China,
Laos, Cambodia, Mekong Dam project, Vietnam,
South China Sea, Myanmar
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This morning's key headlines from GenerationalDynamics.com
- Milk-Tea twitter war links Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines against China
- Milk-Tea War exposes generational split in Thailand
****
**** Milk-Tea twitter war links Thailand, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines against China
****
Bright's 2017 tweet with picture of #nnevvy, who infuriated China by saying she looked like a Taiwanese girl
There isn't much news lately except for coronavirus news. Potential
riots in places like Lebanon or India quickly die down because everyone
is afraid of getting sick.
So when this story popped up on my radar, it sounded great. It's
about a hilarious twitter war called the "Milk-Tea War" that has
special significance for younger generations in Thailand and their
bitter attitudes toward China.
I'll try to summarize the twitter war, but you'll need to read through
the sources for all the gory details.
- Vachirawit Chivaaree (aka Bright) is a Thai actor starring
in a gay drama, “2gether: The Series."
- The series is very popular with girls in China, but they became
infuriated when they found out that Bright has a real-life
female girlfriend, Weeraya Sukaram (aka #nnevvy).
- Bright retweeted a picture of #nnevvy with a caption that implied
Hong Kong was a country. After a threatened boycott of his show,
he apologized, which is what everyone does when Chinese Communists
get angry.
- Then an old 2017 tweet was found with a picture of #nnevvy
and Bright's caption "Such a pretty girl," and #nnevy's
correction that she was dressed like a Taiwan girl.
- Chinese people are forbidden from using Twitter, but they got onto
the VPNs and started bombarding Bright and #nnevvy with insults.
- Young people in Thailand, Hong Kong and Taiwan began responding
to the insulting Chinese tweets by mocking them. For example, Chinese
tweets saying that Thais were too dumb to know history drew a
response like, "Do you mean like Tiananmen Square?"
- Activists from Hong Kong and Taiwan joined in. This became known
as the Milk-Tea Alliance and War because of the drinks common to the
three regions.
- China's embassy to Thailand entered the fray with a statement
quoting an old motto, "China and Thailand are not others, but
brothers," and accusing the Thai twitter users of "bias and
ignorance."
- Activists from Laos and Cambodia joined in, protesting China's
Mekong Dam project, which denied water to Thailand, Laos, Cambodia,
and Vietnam. Activists from the Philippines also joined in against
China.
The above is only a summary. There was an outpouring of
nationalist slurs and hatred only, fueled by the Chinese Communist
Party's (CCP's) news media.
****
**** Milk-Tea War exposes generational split in Thailand
****
Thailand's last generational crisis war was the Cambodian "killing
fields" war, 1975-79, in which Pol Pot's communist Khmer Rouge
government, backed by China, killed 2-3 million people in a massive
genocide. Even though the war wasn't on Thai soil, it spilled over
into Thailand in the army's fight against communists in Thailand.
Thailand's government has endeavoured to maintain friendly
relations with China, but what the Milk-Tea twitter war
reveals is that Thailand's younger generations, that grew up
after the war, are hostile to both China and their own government.
This is not surprising, as Thailand is in a generational Awakening
era, and there is a "generation gap" between the generations surviving
the war and the generations growing up after the war, as there
was in America in the 1970s.
Ever since Xi Jinping came to power in 2011, China has been
increasingly nationalistic and belligerent, ignoring international law
and committing crimes in the South China Sea and Xinjiang province.
Lately, the evidence has been growing that the CCP purposely seeded
the Wuhan Coronavirus on 180 countries of the world, so that China
wouldn't be the only country fighting the virus. ( "27-Apr-20 World View -- CNBC's Jim Cramer: Hostility to China grows in America"
)
The action by China's embassy to enter the fray and accuse the
Thai users of "bias and ignorance" turned what might have been fun
flame war into an international incident. It illustrates that
there is a great deal of hatred and hostility between the CCP
and young people in Thailand.
As world war with China approaches, China continues to make enemies.
China has a few allies, such as Cambodia, Pakistan, Myanmar, and
others, but China is surrounded by historic enemies, including Taiwan,
Japan, Korea, Philippines, Vietnam, India and Russia. Now we can add
Thailand to the list of likely CCP enemies.
Sources:
- Young Thais join 'Milk Tea Alliance' in online backlash that angers Beijing (Reuters, 15-Apr-2020)
- Milk Tea War (Phillipine Statistics Authority, June 2019)
- Will the ‘Milk Tea War’ Have a Lasting Impact on China-Thailand Relations? (Diplomat, 2-May-2020)
- Mekong Dam Project / Netizens from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand brew ‘Milk Tea Alliance’ against Chinese speech police (Global Voices, 4-May-2020)
- Thailand / Taiwan / Hong Kong / Milk Tea Alliance Takes on China's Little Pinks in Meme War (Radio Free Asia, 15-Apr-2020)
- Explained: Why ‘Milk Tea Alliance’ of Southeast Asian social media warriors has the Chinese fuming (Indian Express, 21-Apr-2020)
- Milk Tea War / Chinese Netizens Boycott Thai Drama Because Of Lead Actor’s GF (Cleo, Singapore, 14-Apr-2020)
- Chinese netizens boycott Thai boys' love drama '2gether: The Series' due to inappropriate comment about COVID-19 by leading actor's girlfriend (Global Times, Beijing, 12-Apr-2020)
Related Articles:
- Brief generational history of Thailand (30-Oct-2018)
- CNBC's Jim Cramer: Hostility to China grows in America (27-Apr-2020)
- Thailand vs Cambodia border clash damages ancient Hindu temple (17-Feb-2011)
- Les Miserables of Thailand at a turning point (24-May-2010)
KEYS: Generational Dynamics, Thailand, Milk-Tea war,
Vachirawit Chivaaree, Bright, Weeraya Sukaram, #nnevvy,
Hong Kong, Taiwan, Philippines, China,
Laos, Cambodia, Mekong Dam project, Vietnam,
South China Sea, Myanmar
Permanent web link to this article
Receive daily World View columns by e-mail
Contribute to Generational Dynamics via PayPal
John J. Xenakis
100 Memorial Drive Apt 8-13A
Cambridge, MA 02142
Phone: 617-864-0010
E-mail: john@GenerationalDynamics.com
Web site: http://www.GenerationalDynamics.com
Forum: http://www.gdxforum.com/forum
Subscribe to World View: http://generationaldynamics.com/subscribe
