#Sinophobic journalism

[bluebirdmuppet]

A post about how a shit stain waste of space @ajawrites @bookshop attacked fans of Gong Jun and Zhang Zhehan in an article she wrote for @vox, and then went on to slander and defame Zhang Zhehan in an attempt to get the only article published about his cancellation by CAPA retracted.

Here's the context: On June 6, 2022, @vox published an article written by @ajawrites @bookshop claiming that fans of Gong Jun and Zhang Zhehan are "conspiracy theorists". In it, she makes all types of claims defaming myself and the entire JunZhe fandom (both here and in China) for being conspiracy theorists because we do not believe Zhang Zhehan's Instagram account is controlled by him. For those who don't know, Instagram fraud is rampant and there have been several Chinese celebrities who have been the victim of this. Zhang Zhehan's solo fans encouraged the reposting of this article and defended it because they somehow believe that Zhang Zhehan would "comeback" on an international platform before his name is cleared in China (another story for another day).

On June 14, 2022, less than one week after the publication of that article, The China Story published an article about why Zhang Zhehan was cancelled, and specifically that a non-governmental organization called the China Association of Performing Arts (CAPA) was behind the cancellation, not the Chinese government. It also described the efforts made by Li Xuezheng, a famous government-affiliated director, to clear his name. To my knowledge, this is the only story in the world to shine a light on CAPA's role in Zhang Zhehan's cancellation.

After this article was published, @ajawrites @bookshop wrote a long email to the China Story on June 18, 2022 seeking that the article be retracted. She claimed she had done "research" which showed that the article was part of a conspiracy theory (false), that Zhang Zhehan's family was linked to Japan (false), that Zhang Zhehan was cancelled by the government (false), that CAPA wasn't involved (false), and that all those who believe they are are "conspiracy theorists" (false). She repeats anti talking points to smear Zhang Zhehan in an attempt to obtain a retraction of the article.

Yes, @ajawrites @bookshop attempted to get the only article in the world that described CAPA in a negative light retracted.

We have a copy of the email. Here are some excerpts of her own words.

Here's @ajawrites @bookshop insinuating that Zhang Zhehan was banned by the government, when it has been proven on multiple occasions that the government did not ban Zhang Zhehan.

A writer who cannot even get this fact right does not deserve to be called a writer or a thinking human being.

Here's @ajawrites @bookshop claiming that Zhang Zhehan has family ties to Japan, which is FALSE.

Zhang Zhehan himself stated in his interview with Li Xuezheng on January 1, 2022 (seven months before this email) that this was not true. Yet, @ajawrites @bookshop continued to spread this smear to the editors of The China Story.

How does someone who is too lazy to confirm facts become a "culture writer" for @vox?

Here's @ajawrites @bookshop claiming that their "research" shows that the public genuinely hated Zhang Zhehan. They claim that Zhang Zhehan was not cancelled by bad actors, but rather by the "public".

They ignore all the proof and statements that what happened was due to malicious competition and monopoly. All of this was readily available, had @ajawrites @bookshop actually done diligent research. Li Xuezheng had, after all, talked about it for weeks at the end of 2021 and early 2022.

But of course @ajawrites @bookshop knows better! They know better than even Chinese people! They even know that CAPA is a government organization, when CAPA itself said that it is not government and does not represent government.

Pretty rich for white journalist @ajawrites @bookshop to claim that when Li Xuezheng, a renowned government affiliated film director, says that Zhang Zhehan's cancellation was not done by the Chinese government but instead by CAPA, he is spouting a "conspiracy theory".

@vox is this the type of sinophobic journalists that your publication now employs?

Here's @ajawrites @bookshop defending CAPA by stating that it is not to blame for Zhang Zhehan's censorship from all media platforms in China.

Except they failed to read the multiple media reports indicating that CAPA had allied itself with multiple media platforms to ban those it deems "immoral". These media resources includes a western outlet, Reuters. Basic due diligence would have unearthed this, but it appears neither @ajawrites @bookshop or @vox care about the facts.

Here's @ajawrites @bookshop suggesting (as a white foreign writer with zero access to his case), that it is "unlikely" that Zhang Zhehan's investigation would go anywhere, that he can't come back, that he is "already back".

These are clear anti talking points easily found on Chinese social media.

Of particular note is that @ajawrites @bookshop claims that these conclusions are a result of their "research". Yes in their own words, in 2020 they were just learning Chinese. With their level of genius, I bet they're not far from being a beginner.

Yet, this is the type of "expert" that @vox employs to write about Chinese fan culture.

The article in China Story is one of the only published articles in the world that details how Zhang Zhehan was cancelled by CAPA, not the Chinese government. Yet @ajawrites @bookshop, great friend to Zhang Zhehan solo fans asked for a retraction.

Yes, we have the email. They actually did.

Who has incentive to take down an article that speaks negatively about CAPA? Who has incentive to water down statements negative to CAPA? Who has incentive to perpetuate smears against Zhang Zhehan internationally?

Who better to manipulate than a lazy and dumb writer like @ajawrites @bookshop

I do wonder how @vox and its advertisers feels about @ajawrites @bookshop spreading slander about a Chinese celebrity and his fandom? I wonder if @vox even bothers with basic fact-checking? I wonder if @vox is okay with one of its writers contacting another publication in an attempt to supports their biased views?

To the Zhang Zhehan fans (Zhang Sanjian believers) who have fawned at the feet of @ajawrites @bookshop: good to know that you support those who defend CAPA, the organization that cancelled Zhang Zhehan.

And one last thing to @ajawrites @bookshop: only a shit stain waste of space would write an article about a celebrity to gain a following in his fandom while actually despising him, believing the smears against him, and thinking he's a t******.

We call people like you blood sucking vampires.

[adhdnojutsu]

So you're anti history and pro-genocide. Got it. the Hamas claims have been refuted a million times, even by Israel journalism. Even by pro-israel news outlets and the New York Times. You're Jewish but you deny that a genocide is taking place, as the Holocaust did. Just admit you aren't interested in the massacre Israel is inflicting and has been inflicting on millions of innocent lives instead of trying to save your ass. You support Palestinians being butchered and wiped out unless they agree to Israeli terms. It's genocide supporters such as yourself who shouldn't be on Tumblr, due to the hateful propaganda you spread.

This is the standard, regurgitated response we get when we say we're not cool woth 1200 civilians, including BABIES, whom we KNEW PERSONALLY AND WENT TO SCHOOL OR WORK WITH, getting raped, mutilated, burned alive, murdered, and 250 more kidnapped as human shields. Me caring about my own people first and foremost, LIKE ALL PEOPLE DO, is twisted into condoning the genocide of another.

They refuse to explain why they so readily dehumanise Israelis, and at the same time, expect a huge outpour of compassion for Palestinians from the very Israelis they dehumanise while we struggle with personal losses and acute, severe PTSD by the hundreds of thousands.

Every argument these sociopaths make, every question they ask, is in bad faith. They know damn well that similar or worse has been happening elsewhere with nowhere near the outrage and still haven't explained why. Truth is, most of them don't care. Half of them have a full cart at Shein, a labour camp supplied by captive Muslim Uyghurs, for example. But due to the white supremacist US alliance, Israel, a country whose people is 60% brown, is whitewashed and thus a more ethical target for fake outrage than SE Asian or "real brown" countries. Criticize Chinese crimes against minorities, and you're sinophobic. Criticise Hamas, Assad, or the Houthis who are starving Yemeni babies RIGHT NOW, and you're racist. What makes Israel unique oh wait I know, it rhymes with juice.

That said, genocide is defined by intent, not success, and Hamas' own words betray that their end goal is eradicating Jews in the region. Meaning October 7 was a pogrom, not resistance. Resistance is solution oriented, but the current brutality against Gaza was a 100% predictable and predicted consequence of October 7 and Hamas did it anyway. Why is no one talking about that?

I never said anything about condoning genocide, but these anti-Semitic animals claim Hamas is just a bunch of misunderstood meow meows and cite sources that refute their own claims, because dropping the names of those outlets is enough to convince thoughtless idiots who think being given names is as good as verifying them.

Or maybe this is more evil sadism because this puts me in a position where I have to retraumatize myself, already suffering PTSD since that day, all to look it up myself to refute their bad faith claims. I wouldn't put it past them.

[radio-charlie]

I’m not a ccp shill there is just so much sinophobic crap in western media and journalism that trying to debunk it all makes u look like a ccp shill