Maybe not for long.
A group of K-pop fans in China have become the latest victims of a crackdown on celebrity culture.
Twenty-two fan accounts have been suspended by Chinese social media site Sina Weibo for what it called "irrational star-chasing behaviour".
They include fans of Korean pop band BTS who crowdfunded on the platform to customise an aeroplane for singer Park Ji-Min's 26th birthday.
Weibo accused one fan account of "illegal fundraising" for the stunt.
In a statement, the company said it "firmly opposes such irrational star-chasing behaviour and will deal with it seriously".
It also pledged to "purify" online discussions and "regulate community order" on its platform.
The BTS account was suspended from posting for 60 days. Other accounts supporting K-pop acts Blackpink, GOT7 and EXO - who have Chinese members - were given 30-day bans.
I find that phrase "purifying online discussions" quite chilling. The Chinese regime is monstrous.
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Notice no one on this board called out the white woman who threw an egg at Larry Elder. If that had been a white woman throwing an egg at a black democrat there would be a thread with 30-40 pages talking about the racists in the gop. Like everything else, democrats are hypocritical on race also. But, nothing to see here.
So, China is acting like Hollywood? But if it was for the same set of politics, people here wouldn't complain i bets..
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I have to wonder sometimes if people are American or not before they say things like this. If they aren't perhaps they also think the same of America. if they are American then I wonder what they think of us in comparison to China.
China has some serious issue, though I suspect they're slightly ahead of the USA on the morality scale due to less intervention.
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I don't know what they're talking about but the CIA was at one point involved with Hollywood and newspapers... and media outlets.
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertai...lywood/491138/
Waffle is saying that "Hollywood" is doing something when really it's more that the government at one point was involved. Similar to how police got involved to change how they were portrayed in media. So waffle has things backwards.The CIA has a long history of “spooking the news,” dating back to its earliest days when the legendary spymaster Allen Dulles and his top staff drank and dined regularly with the press elite of New York and Washington, and the agency boasted hundreds of U.S. and foreign journalists as paid and unpaid assets. In 1977, after this systematic media manipulation was publicly exposed by congressional investigations, the CIA created an Office of Public Affairs that was tasked with guiding press coverage of intelligence matters in a more transparent fashion. The agency insists that it no longer maintains a stable of friendly American journalists, and that its efforts to influence the press are much more above board. But, in truth, the intelligence empire’s efforts to manufacture the truth and mold public opinion are more vast and varied than ever before. One of its foremost assets? Hollywood.
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My post says I wonder about people who say those things about China. I wonder if they also consider the USA among the ranks of horrible regimes especially for other countries. An American typically will be myopic and not notice the ills of their country whole someone say from Belgium may view them differently.
I don’t know your nationality hence I wonder what it is and what’s your opinion on America.
K-Pop wins another round for youth culture!
BTS addresses world leaders and performs at the UN General Assembly
It's the thought of being young
When your heart's just like a drum
Beating louder with no way to guard it
When it all seems like it's wrong
Just sing along to Elton John
And to that feeling, we're just getting started
When the nights get colder
And the rhythms got you falling behind
Just dream about that moment
When you look yourself right in the eye, eye, eye
Then you say
I wanna dance, the music's got me going
Ain't nothing that can stop how we move, yeah
Let's break our plans and live just like we're golden
And roll in like we're dancing fools
We don't need to worry
'Cause when we fall, we know how to land
Don't need to talk the talk, just walk the walk tonight
'Cause we don't need permission to dance
There's always something that's standing in the way
But if you don't let it faze ya, you'll know just how to break
Just keep the right vibe, yeah, 'cause there's no looking back
There ain't no one to prove, we don't got this on lock, yeah
The wait is over
The time is now, so let's do it right
Yeah, we'll keep going
And stay up until we see the sunrise
And we'll say
I wanna dance, the music's got me going
Ain't nothing that can stop how we move, yeah
Let's break our plans and live just like we're golden
And roll in like we're dancing fools
We don't need to worry
'Cause when we fall, we know how to land
Don't need to talk the talk, just walk the walk tonight
'Cause we don't need permission to dance
Da-na-na-na-na-na-na, da-na-na-na-na-na-na
Da-na-na-na-na-na-na
No, we don't need permission to dance
Da-na-na-na-na-na-na, da-na-na-na-na-na-na
Da-na-na-na-na-na-na
Well, let me show ya
That we can keep the fire alive, mmm
'Cause it's not over
Till it's over, say it one more time, say
I wanna dance, the music's got me going (the music's got me going)
Ain't nothing that can stop how we move, yeah (hey)
Let's break our plans and live just like we're golden
And roll in like we're dancing fools (like we're dancing fools)
We don't need to worry
'Cause when we fall, we know how to land (we know how to land)
Don't need to talk the talk, just walk the walk tonight
'Cause we don't need permission to dance
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