Taiwanese comedian's funny take on Chinese propaganda video gains 5x more viewers

Taiwan News
Date: 2020/06/05
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Taiwanese comedian's response to a music video that boasted of the advantages of China has far outstripped views of the original by nearly five to one.

On May 14, Taiwanese singer Fann Liu (劉樂妍) posted a music video titled "China," in which she sang and praised life in the communist country, gaining 1,388,556 views and 3,800 likes. However, it also drew 72,000 dislikes, meaning more than half of the viewers found the video distasteful.

The next day, Taiwanese comedian Brian Tseng (曾博恩) teamed up with DJ Hauer and uploaded his aptly titled "Taiwan," in which he countered by highlighting the negative aspects of China and repeatedly used terms banned by Beijing. As of publication, the video had garnered 5,359,473 views, 238,000 likes, and only 6,100 dislikes.

In the Liu video, which is directed at a Taiwanese audience, as it uses traditional Chinese characters, she lists all the provinces of China and holds a miniature Taiwan in her hand before it is added to a map of the communist state. As she stares enthralled by the map, a muscular man plucks tiny Taiwan from her hand and she glares back at him out of frustration.    [FULL  STORY]