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Chinese Rappers Take Aim at American Antimissile System in South Korea
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MAY 12, 2017
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’s consumers started boycotting South Korean cosmetics and other products. Then the Chinese government began blocking videos of K-pop bands. Now comes the latest weapon in Beijing’s battle against Seoul’s deployment of an American-made antimissile system: the anti-Thaad rap video.
The antimissile system, known by a cumbersome name, Terminal High Altitude Area Defense, or Thaad, is the target of a rap that warns
: “How many times do I hadda warn you, my lovely little neighbor boy?
“This time, kid, you going too far,” the rap continues in English, later switching to Chinese. “What’s Thaad — terminal what? It ain’t gonna terminate violence.”
The video, which had roughly 50,000 views on YouTube by Friday afternoon, features
, whose members say they are influenced by hip-hop stars like Eminem and Dr. Dre. The group has also produced music videos about China’s
and Mao’s legacy.
The video’s release comes amid something of a thaw in relations between Beijing and Seoul after the election on Tuesday of Moon Jae-in as South Korea’s president. Mr. Moon has spoken out against Thaad and had
, Xi Jinping, on Thursday. Thaad is designed to protect South Korea from a North Korean missile attack, but China fears that it will undermine its own security.