Taiwanese celebrities who dropped sponsorships in support of the movement so far include: Ouyang Nana, who cut ties with Converse; Eddie Peng (“The Rescue”), singer Chen Linong, and Janice Chang (“Detective Chinatown”), who cut ties with Adidas; Taiwan’s Greg Hsu (Oscar short-listed “A Sun”), who cut ties with Calvin Klein.
Even actors from outside of Greater China cottoned on that making noise about Xinjiang would help their odds of working in the world’s largest film market, including Japan’s Koji Yano.
Meanwhile, Uighur actors, too, have expressed their support for the campaign (ROFLMAO), including Dilraba Dilmurat, Gulnazar, Hani Kyzy, and Merxat, as well as Beijing-born Kazakh actress Rayzha Alimjan.
Dilmurat, who canceled her contract with Adidas, is one of China’s best-known Uighur celebrities. “I love my hometown — there are beautiful cotton fields and adorable people there. I support the cotton of my hometown,” she wrote to her more than 73 million approving followers, retweeting the People’s Daily image. She ended with a hashtag commonly used by state media to accompany reports of how happy people in Xinjiang are, now viewed more than 200 million times: “#Our Xinjiang is a great place.”
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The cognitive dissonance must be strong for Westerners to explain away how Uighur actors are supporting China.
Seriously though if you know Koji Yano (矢野浩二 or 浩二哥), he doesn't need promotion in China at all. That guy is literally the most famous Japanese actor in China, very handsome guy, cast in a lot of Chinese anti-Japanese war movies and dramas.
Also Greg Hsu, the Taiwanese actor, supporting China is absolutely big. He is an absolute star right now among Taiwanese youths for his good looks and romance lead. My girlfriend talked about how handsome he was in a drama (yeah screw him). His supporting China would lead to self-doubt even among the most hardcore Taiwanese independence youths.
Even actors from outside of Greater China cottoned on that making noise about Xinjiang would help their odds of working in the world’s largest film market, including Japan’s Koji Yano.
Meanwhile, Uighur actors, too, have expressed their support for the campaign (ROFLMAO), including Dilraba Dilmurat, Gulnazar, Hani Kyzy, and Merxat, as well as Beijing-born Kazakh actress Rayzha Alimjan.
Dilmurat, who canceled her contract with Adidas, is one of China’s best-known Uighur celebrities. “I love my hometown — there are beautiful cotton fields and adorable people there. I support the cotton of my hometown,” she wrote to her more than 73 million approving followers, retweeting the People’s Daily image. She ended with a hashtag commonly used by state media to accompany reports of how happy people in Xinjiang are, now viewed more than 200 million times: “#Our Xinjiang is a great place.”
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The cognitive dissonance must be strong for Westerners to explain away how Uighur actors are supporting China.
Seriously though if you know Koji Yano (矢野浩二 or 浩二哥), he doesn't need promotion in China at all. That guy is literally the most famous Japanese actor in China, very handsome guy, cast in a lot of Chinese anti-Japanese war movies and dramas.
Also Greg Hsu, the Taiwanese actor, supporting China is absolutely big. He is an absolute star right now among Taiwanese youths for his good looks and romance lead. My girlfriend talked about how handsome he was in a drama (yeah screw him). His supporting China would lead to self-doubt even among the most hardcore Taiwanese independence youths.
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