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刪減掉完全與五月天無關部分
Taiwan celebrities in crossfire of political battle as tensions with China
rise
By Nectar Gan, CNN
Published 11:57 PM EDT, Mon June 3, 2024
Taiwanese singer Ashin Chen of Mayday performs at the Bird's Nest stadium in
Beijing, China on May 27, 2023. Fred Lee/Getty Images
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CNN
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As Taiwan’s biggest rock band took to the stage in Beijing late last month,
their home island was reckoning with the latest act of Chinese aggression.
For two days, the self-governing democracy was encircled by Chinese warships
and fighter jets in the largest military exercises in over a year.
Addressing the tens of thousands of fans at the sold-out Bird’s Nest
stadium, Mayday’s lead singer Ashin did not mention the aggression. But what
he did say has since caused no less friction.
“We Chinese people must eat roast duck when we come to Beijing!” he said.
It may sound like an innocuous travel tip, but his choice of words was
freighted with political meaning. Ashin – one of Taiwan’s biggest music
stars – had referred to himself as Chinese, instead of Taiwanese.
The choice of words delighted the crowd, but sparked immediate anger back
home – reflecting the precarious position of Taiwanese stars with mainland
appeal.
Growing numbers of people in Taiwan – especially the younger generation –
view themselves as distinctly Taiwanese. Many have no desire to be part of
China, whose authoritarian ruling Communist Party views the self-ruled island
as its territory, despite having never controlled it.
Beijing has long sought to bolster its claims by emphasizing the cultural and
historical ties between the two sides, but polls show only 3% of Taiwan’s
population identify primarily as Chinese – while 67% see themselves as
primarily Taiwanese, and less than 10% now support an immediate or eventual
unification with China.
Under the leadership of Xi Jinping, Beijing has become more aggressive toward
Taiwan, and has abandoned official ties since the island’s ruling Democratic
Progressive Party came to power in 2016. But there is still considerable
cultural overlap. Both sides speak Mandarin, meaning musicians from Taiwan –
population 23 million – often seek to enter the lucrative market of 1.4
billion across the strait.
As Beijing and Taipei have drifted further apart politically, these artists
have come under increasing pressure to toe Beijing’s political line. The
same evening that Mayday was playing in Beijing, Taiwanese pop queen Jolin
Tsai proclaimed on stage that fans in “our Chinese city of Nanchang” were
the most passionate, as she performed in the southern city. The phrase was
taken by some Chinese fans as implying she and her audience were compatriots.
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CNN has reached out to Tsai for comment.
On Saturday, CCTV publicly endorsed Taiwanese celebrities who shared its
post, sharing the screenshots of 36 such reposts – fueling a further
backlash against those who hadn’t.
“Those who didn’t endorse and take a stand, can you not come to the
mainland to make money?” said a top comment with 55,000 upvotes.
Lin Chen-yu, a lecturer at Cardiff University who specializes in China’s
censorship of Taiwanese music, said acts such as Tsai and Mayday were facing
problems because “both the government and private sectors are increasingly
reacting to and engaging with digital nationalism.”
And the marketing apparatus that can launch mainland careers is equally set
up to avoid upsetting Beijing authorities.
“For instance, management or touring contracts for activities in China
increasingly include clauses that ban celebrities from making statements
against the ideologies of the Chinese state,” she said. “This, of course,
includes any pro-Taiwan statements.”
Celebrities deemed as crossing Beijing’s political red lines are often
blocked from the Chinese market, with their names and works erased from
television and online platforms.
“For example, musicians’ work can be easily removed from streaming
platforms (in China), often automatically, if their names become keywords for
censors on these platforms and media,” Lin said.
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Backlash at home
Mayday appear to have avoided upsetting officials in China during their
Beijing show, but many Taiwanese fans say they are deeply disappointed.
A whole generation of Taiwanese people grew up listening to the band’s
happy-go-lucky, pop-infused rock songs about the hope and heartbreak of
youth, so much so that the 25-year-old band is sometimes dubbed the “Asian
Beatles.”
“As much as I used to like you, now I’m just as disappointed,” said a
comment on Mayday’s Facebook page, after the Beijing concert.
“I’m Taiwanese. Goodbye.” a fan said on Ashin’s Facebook page.
CNN has reached out to Mayday’s record company B’in Music for comment.
On Monday, Taiwan’s Mainland Affairs Council weighed in, accusing the
Chinese Communist Party of requiring Taiwanese artists to express a political
stance.
“Such political maneuvers will not win over the hearts and minds of
Taiwanese people, and will only deepen Taiwanese society’s resentment
towards the Chinese Communist regime,” the council said in a statement.
The remarks and retweets by Taiwanese artists of the CCTV unification post
came against the backdrop of China’s largest show of force around the island
in more than a year. The Chinese military called the drills a “strong
punishment” for Taiwan’s so-called “separatist acts” and said they were
designed to test its ability to “seize power.”
That military muscle-flex was sparked by the inauguration of Taiwan’s new
President Lai Ching-te, who is openly loathed by Beijing for championing the
island’s sovereignty and distinct identity.
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As the backlash mounted in Taiwan against the musicians, Lai struck a
conciliatory tone.
“This is not the first time, and probably not the last, that Taiwanese
artists are forced to make a political stand in China,” said the leader.
“Under the roof of others, it’s one thing what our artists say, but what’s
more important is what they truly feel in their hearts. We should offer them
understanding and empathy.”
Beijing officials said the Taipei administration was wrong to say artists
were being coerced.
Zhu Fenglian, a spokesperson for the Taiwan Affairs Office, said Taiwanese
celebrities who reposted the Weibo “reunification” message wanted “to
express that both sides of the Taiwan Strait are both Chinese.”
“These are natural expressions of true feelings,” Zhu said.
Taiwanese acts in the Chinese market will continue to endure an invidious
position, said Lin, of Cardiff University.
“However, it is time for the industries in Taiwan to re-evaluate what this
means for our society,” she said. “The circulation of these works comes
with a price – a significant loss of freedom and autonomy.”
希望五月天也能看得懂
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→ kitty7366: 唉 06/05 12:43
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→ wenkaishui: 不是很剛好嗎XD 06/05 23:44
→ wenkaishui: 身體健康最重要，每個人都是 06/05 23:44
推 syrien: 比較糟的是聲量高的藝人是有影響力的，如果對年輕人產生不 06/06 00:09
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→ bonneluck: 臉書上很多小孩在紅菜頭臉書下覺得阿信說的也沒有什麼 06/07 09:42
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→ mayuuuday: 覺得臺灣人有必要這樣嗎 06/07 20:34
→ suba1121: 他如果這樣想的話就很讓人無言了 我覺得中國人也是很多 06/07 20:37
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推 tingchou909: 中國有些人是有民主思想的沒錯，雖然不少，但不算多 06/07 20:49
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推 riss: 我都問我中國同學對岸那麼好你們怎麼不回國工作 06/07 21:10
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→ suba1121: 選擇迴避可以理解 彼此尊重 06/07 21:16
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→ ffishyu: 在海外的中國人可以來臺灣 06/08 16:35
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→ tingchou909: 中國本地人沒辦法過來自由行，但如果人本來就在國外 06/08 17:35
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