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Chinese 'Netizens' Brands Academics 'Traitors' for Work with Japan

Chinese netizens launched an attack on Chinese intellectuals for participating in a Japanese government-funded exchange program. ....

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Chinese 'Netizens' Brands Academics 'Traitors' for Work with Japan


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9 Jun 2021
Chinese social media users launched an online attack on 144 Chinese intellectuals last week after learning they participated in a Japanese government-funded cultural exchange program in Japan from 2008-2016, Reuters reported Wednesday.
“Two netizens, operating under the pseudonyms Diguaxiong Laoliu and Guyan Muchan, who each have more than six million followers on their Twitter-like Weibo accounts, accused the intellectuals of currying favour with Japan for financial gain,” Reuters reported June 9. “They joined an online ‘name and shame’ campaign to brand the intellectuals as traitors.”
“Netizens” is China’s preferred term for social media users. The Chinese Communist Party strictly censors all opinions it does not approve of on the few legal social media platforms in the country, so the continued existence of the comments that remain suggest approval from Beijing – particularly those allowed mi ....

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