Chinese streamers to be sent on patriotic tours after star mocked the Nanking Massacre

Streaming giant Douyu pledges “education campaign” to calm uproar

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Chen Yifaer shouting “Nanjing Massacre” in a video said to be from 2016. (Picture: 创事记)

Published: 7:30pm, 1 Aug 2018Updated: 8:34am, 20 Sep 2019

This article originally appeared on ABACUS

Before a storm of outrage erupted this week, Chen Yifaer was the darling of Douyu.

Beloved for her fearless personality and straight talk, the architect-turned-internet celebrity hosted up to five-hour long streaming sessions almost every night on China’s Twitch-equivalent -- singing karaoke, playing World of Warcraft, and answering all sorts of questions from fans (example: “Is it embarrassing to be a virgin at 21?”).

It was one of these unrestrained monologues that came back to haunt her this week, when a video from two years ago started circulating on the web -- showing Chen making fun of the 1937 Nanking Massacre and Japan’s invasion of China, while a Japanese song was playing in the background.

To put this into context, this was very much like last year when people found out that YouTube sensation PewDiePie made Nazi references and anti-Semitic jokes in his videos.

Needless to say, China’s netizens are furious.

“She’s making fun of our national humiliation. I strongly demand that she be blocked,” one person wrote on Weibo.

Chinese streamers to be sent on patriotic tours after star mocked the Nanking Massacre

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Streaming giant Douyu pledges “education campaign” to calm uproar