Chinese tourists allegedly interrupted a protest in Taiwan held by Hong Kongers, knocked down several flags and shouted: “Taiwan and Hong Kong belong to China" (www.taipeitimes.com)
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Chinese tourists allegedly interrupted a protest in Taiwan held by Hong Kongers, knocked down several flags and shouted: “Taiwan and Hong Kong belong to China"

Hong Kong democracy activists were holding a demonstration as Tuesday was China’s National Day.

A video posted online by civic group Hong Kong Outlanders shows a couple, who are allegedly Chinese, during the demonstration.

“Today is China’s National Day, and I won’t allow the displaying of these flags,” the male yells in the video before pushing some demonstrators and knocking down a few flagpoles.

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“Today is to commemorate Hong Kong’s martyrs. We do not celebrate China’s National Day,” it quoted a demonstrator as saying. “We are in Taiwan, and people are free to express their opinion.”

Taiwanese independence advocate Lee Wen-pin (李文賓) and the man reportedly pushed and slapped each other.

“You cannot touch other people’s belongings… We are asking you to leave now,” Lee said, before he called the police.

The man refused to leave and kept saying that “China has sovereignty over Taiwan,” and that “Taiwan and Hong Kong belong to China.”

“Taiwan belongs to Taiwanese, and Hong Kong belongs to Hong Kongers,” the demonstrators said in response.

Later, police officers arrived at the scene and persuaded the couple to leave.

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FuglyDuck@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 06:24 next collapse

Yup! That’ll persuade people,

NateNate60@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 06:32 collapse

Chinese nationalists don’t try to persuade people. Their goal is to overpower you (physically or verbally) because they think it will force submission out of you.

It’s called “Wolf Warrior diplomacy”, named after a popular Chinese military film franchise.

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 06:41 next collapse

Doesn’t seem to have worked, either. FTA:

Later, police officers arrived at the scene and persuaded the couple to leave.

NateNate60@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 07:06 collapse

Well, nobody ever said Wolf Warrior diplomacy is successful in achieving one’s geopolitical objectives. But it does make the person doing it feel powerful.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 09:58 collapse

It’s known locally as the “Hexbear Technique.”

Edit: To the person who flagged this as a low-effort joke, I can’t lie. But I did laugh out loud.

rustyfish@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 07:33 next collapse

Traveling to Taiwan to cry about them not being slaves. Someone is going for the social credit combo multiplier.

Treczoks@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 07:48 next collapse

Just kick them off the island. Literally. Without involving a boat or plane.

TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee on 03 Oct 2024 09:44 collapse

Like a trebuchet?

Involving a superior siege engine sounds extremely fun.

JackFrostNCola@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 15:00 collapse

In this case perhaps a catapult would be better, it may be inferior but as such it will involve a longer swim back home to lesser Taiwan

NateNate60@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 23:57 collapse

Don’t you mean the “Communist-occupied unfree area of the Republic of China”?

ikidd@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 2024 01:33 collapse

Western Taiwan

NateNate60@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 2024 01:34 collapse

The term I used is an official term used by the Taiwanese government.

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social on 03 Oct 2024 08:12 next collapse

Hey, what’s the name for a hyper-nationalist state obsessed with heirarchy, irredentism, state-backed industry, and cultural and ethnic hegemony?

geogle@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 10:05 collapse

Texas?

TheBat@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 11:11 next collapse

What industry?

Num10ck@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 11:30 next collapse

Texas is mostly oil money

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social on 03 Oct 2024 14:19 collapse

And calculators/bombs

Irf23@eviltoast.org on 04 Oct 2024 00:37 collapse

Ranch dressing

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social on 03 Oct 2024 14:19 collapse

You ain’t wrong

SparrowHawk@feddit.it on 03 Oct 2024 08:56 next collapse

Everyone wants to be israel

jaybone@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 10:39 collapse

DAMN SON

Dkarma@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 14:21 collapse

What happened did Israel bomb your son too?

YeetPics@mander.xyz on 03 Oct 2024 10:18 next collapse

Typical entitled behavior from citizens of the world’s most disgusting totalitarian regime.

jaybone@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 10:35 next collapse

Big dick energy

NateNate60@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 2024 23:58 collapse

That’s actually their head, but I can understand why you thought it looked like a dick.

_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works on 03 Oct 2024 14:24 next collapse

Classic Chinese tourists.

ryathal@sh.itjust.works on 03 Oct 2024 15:03 next collapse

+50 citizen score.

ikidd@lemmy.world on 04 Oct 2024 01:31 next collapse

If the American tourists don’t get fucking cracking, they’re going to lose their title as “Most annoying foreigners that treat the locals like shit” title to Chinese tourists. I think they’ve already lost that battle in SE Asia.

Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works on 04 Oct 2024 01:37 collapse

Belong to China

Wait, don’t you mean, a part of China?

Cities and counties aren’t property…right?