The Global Times, a newspaper published by the ruling party, showed the offending advertisement on its website but that image didn’t appear on other Chinese sites or in the newspaper's Chinese-language edition. The average rating is 8.4 points out of 10, which is unusually high. It wasn’t clear how many people have watched “Girl from Nowhere,” but, a website for users to leave reviews, says more than 60,000 people have commented on the first season and 30,000 on the second.
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It doesn’t appear on other services that show movies and TV series approved by Chinese censors. “Girl from Nowhere” can be seen in China on, which allows users to upload their own videos.
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The ruling party increasingly demands global companies conform in public to Beijing's political positions, including on websites abroad that the ruling party's internet filters block most people in China from seeing.įacebook can be seen in China only by people with virtual private network software used to evade the filters. The outcry highlights China’s unusual mix of nationalism and pervasive censorship.
Netflix didn’t respond to questions left on its website. “Think clearly about what kind of country China is before getting benefits from us.” Goodbye,” said another comment on Sina Weibo signed Huadu, referring the series’ main character. “Nanno I like you a lot, but sorry, you crossed my line. “Does China need to say thank you for this? Bah! This is a blatant split!” “This is a (profanity) split!” said a comment signed Tang Sugar Sugar Tang 123 on the popular Sina Weibo social media service. The advertisement says nothing about whether they represent countries.
The flags, with the those of Singapore and other markets, appear beside “Thank You" in local languages for the series' popularity. Some comments complained the flags show support for “splitting China,” or promoting formal independence for self-ruled Taiwan. Netflix joins a growing list of foreign retailers, airlines, hotels and other companies that have been attacked online in China over Taiwan, Xinjiang, Tibet, human rights and other politically charged issues.
Chinese nationalism on the internet has a new target: Netflix and its popular Thai drama “Girl from Nowhere.”Ĭomments online Wednesday complained the series’ Facebook page showed the flags of Taiwan, the island democracy claimed by the ruling Communist Party as part of its territory, and of Hong Kong, where the party is trying to crush pro-democracy activism.