Posted on 07/31/2021 3:33:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Some of Japan's victorious Olympic athletes have been subjected to a storm of online abuse from Chinese nationalists following the defeat of their Team China opponents in Tokyo.
As of Friday afternoon in Japan, China and the hosts occupied the top two places in the medal table, with a number of events pitting Chinese athletes directly against their longtime rivals for places on the podium. And that's raised temperatures on social media.
On Wednesday, Japan's Daiki Hashimoto won gold in the men's all-around gymnastics final, edging out China's Xiao Ruoteng by 0.4 points. At just 19 years old, Hashimoto is the youngest gymnast to ever win the event.
As Japan celebrates his victory, some in China questioned the fairness of the result and accused the judges of favoritism toward the hosts by allegedly inflating Hashimoto's score on the vault.
The anger, first set off on Chinese social media, soon spilled over to platforms typically censored in China. Chinese nationalist trolls circumvented the Great Firewall and descended on Hashimoto's Instagram account, inundating his feed with angry comments and tagging him in insulting posts.
Many called Hashimoto Japan's "national humiliation," while others accused him of stealing China's gold medal. Some even tagged him in photos of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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China: A classless society. No class at all.
These are Communist Chinese, yes?
Not nationalists.
Remember Nanking!!!
Blaming Nanking (it was horrific, I know) on current day Japanese is like blaming slavery on today’s white Americans.
What association the 19-year-old Hashimoto could have with 76-year-old atom bombs is a little tough to grasp, but perhaps he's a time traveler as well as a gymnast. On the Internet nothing is impossible.
No mention in the media about the taunting though…
Oh, oh, go phruck yourself.
China has historically been insular and insolent.
Chinese communists are nationalists.
Ahh, rook!
Angly Chinaman!
Take pitcha! Crick!
The anger, first set off on Chinese social media, soon spilled over to platforms typically censored in China. Chinese nationalist trolls circumvented the Great Firewall...
Right...it happens all the time! /S
I think it depends.
If they were still taught what their society did was right, then, theres a problem.
a story about twitter posts. good heavens.
These are Communist Chinese, yes?
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Specifically: waumaos - paid CCP influencers.
nationalists
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Are the Taiwanese
I guess it depends on what you mean. Mainland nationalists are quite extreme, and even the mention of Taiwan can set them off.
I knew a Marine Korean vet who fought the Japanese and Chinese. Hand to hand a few times. He said the number of Chinese was always a concern but the Nipponer was by far the better soldier.
Korean war vet that is
The Japanese are not highly regarded by the Chinese,the Koreans...among others.
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