Friday, November 13, 2020

K-pop Korner

 Blackpink criticized by Chinese fans for handling new-born Panda

 



The Korean K-pop sensation Blackpink has been strongly criticized by Chinese netizens over their handling of a new-born panda. China donated the baby panda's parents to South Korea as part of its 'Panda diplomacy'. The Blackpink members recently visited the new-born panda at a Korean zoo. When videos of this event were presented on a Korean reality show, criticism from China erupted. According to Reuters news service:

"Some Chinese local media and online commentators denounced the girl group for touching Fu Bao with bare hands and while wearing too much make-up, saying it threatened the health of the young cub. The comments set off a storm on Weibo, China’s version of Twitter."

On the other hand, South Korean fans pushed back against the Chinese criticism:

"Hashtags “BLACKPINK” and “Panda” were trending on South Korean Twitter as well over the weekend. Some South Korean social media users pushed back at the Chinese criticism, urging South Korea to “return the pandas” or arguing that “pandas are not ours and it is too expensive to raise them anyway”.  (RPT-K-pop girl band pulls video after backlash in China over baby panda)

China and its Asian neighbors, including South Korea and Japan, often have 'internet wars' over issues of national pride. This 'flame-war' between Chinese and Korean fans is just the latest example of thaht kind of conflict.

K-pop girl band pulls video after backlash in China over baby panda

Professor Defends BLACKPINK From Chinese Netizens Following Backlash for Holding Pandas 

Question:  was Blackpink wrong for handling the baby panda?

 


 

 

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