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"It’s no secret that China wants to erase from history the student protests at
Tiananmen Square, and the resulting massacre by the government, but it keeps
proving more and more difficult in the internet age. Even with China’s infamous
Great Firewall. The latest example is really quite striking.
Li Jiaqi is an astoundingly popular social media influencer in China, and one
of the leading (if not the leading) e-commerce streamers in China. If you’re
not aware of e-commerce livestreaming (sometimes called “live commerce,”) it’s
sort of a combination of internet celebrity livestreaming and home shopping TV
channels. It initially took off in China, but has since spread around the
globe. But in China, few are bigger than Li Jiaqi, who is sometimes called “the
lipstick king” for his ability to sell a ridiculous amount of lipstick via
social media stunts.
Anyway, he’s now making news, because he’s basically disappeared, after being
cut off mid-livestream. Despite a history of supporting the Chinese government,
on the eve of the anniversary of the 1989 massacre, on one of his livestreams,
he was seen presenting an ice cream cake that was in the shape of a tank. As
you’ll recall, the most famous image from Tiananmen Square was of the lone
protestor standing in the way of a line of tanks. And apparently… this made
someone in the government lose their shit that it was a reference to the
massacre"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
