{"id":1573,"date":"2025-01-24T19:37:09","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T19:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/china-cracks-down-on-online-panda-advocacy\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T19:37:09","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T19:37:09","slug":"china-cracks-down-on-online-panda-advocacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/china-cracks-down-on-online-panda-advocacy\/","title":{"rendered":"China Cracks Down on Online Panda Advocacy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Visitors descended on Washington\u2019s National Zoo on Friday to witness the cheery unveiling of two pandas on loan from China. Fans posted photos and videos to social media, as did the zoo<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>under the hashtag #DCPandas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But in China, the government has sent a chilling message to panda fans to watch what they say online. Some online influencers have been arrested or questioned over what the authorities called \u201crumors\u201d and \u201cradical fan culture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The police have targeted people who have advocated for animal welfare or criticized overseas exchanges like the one that brought pandas to Washington. But state media has also published warnings about broader panda fandom. The moves come amid Chinese leader Xi Jinping\u2019s crackdown on internet fan culture.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">China has millions of panda fans, many of whom have taken up the cause of animal welfare in a country where <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/10\/15\/world\/asia\/pandas-zoo-breeding-death-captivity.html\" title=\"\">aggressive breeding tactics<\/a> have injured bears and led to cubs being prematurely separated from their mothers. For years, the authorities tolerated their online activism and criticism, which targeted both Chinese and foreign zoos.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">No more.<span class=\"css-8l6xbc evw5hdy0\">  <\/span>Last month, the police in Sichuan Province said they had arrested 12 people for smearing panda experts, inciting violence and spreading false information about pandas, including two that used to live at the National Zoo.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The authorities have accused panda influencers of harassing staff at Chinese breeding centers and growing rich from livestream donations. The police claim to have uncovered panda-focused \u201cradical animal protection gangs\u201d in three provinces, according to state media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/27\/business\/media\/china-celebrity-culture.html\" title=\"\">In a bid to rein in internet culture<\/a>, Mr. Xi has waged a war on online fandom, comparing enthusiast groups to \u201cevil cults.\u201d The authorities have detained sports fans for smearing Chinese athletes, apprehended people who swarmed airports to greet celebrities, and suspended K-pop fan accounts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington did not answer questions sent Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The crackdown shows how fragile discourse is in China, even when the subject is pandas.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThese civilian \u2018patriots\u2019 were sometimes encouraged or tolerated by the government,\u201d said Xiao Qiang, a researcher on internet freedom at the University of California, Berkeley. \u201cBut when official narratives have new needs,\u201d he added, \u201cpanda fans can also be punished and arrested.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Online influencers maintain playful social media pages, where users connect around their favorite animals. These communities exploded during the pandemic, as people stuck at home turned to reels of the animals munching on bamboo. One panda, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/m.weibo.cn\/p\/1008081f82a20770001b184a1ffffd7322fb4b?jumpfrom=weibocom\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">He Hua<\/a>, has more than 880,000 followers on the platform Weibo. A panda renowned for mischievous escape attempts, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/m.weibo.cn\/p\/1008080ecd26dcfcd6c5ebb8de54f785f9e9f9?jumpfrom=weibocom\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Meng Lan<\/a>, has about 380,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Panda enthusiasts even secured policy changes. Their activism helped prompt the national forestry bureau to improve standards for panda enclosures and ban people from paying to <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chengdutourguide.com\/hug-a-panda\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">hug pandas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">When the Beijing Zoo bolted metal plates onto the windows of Meng Lan\u2019s enclosure last year, to prevent escape, activists flooded government hotlines and social media with complaints. The zoo removed the plates and announced that it would renovate the space.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It helped that advocacy was often tinged with nationalism, like campaigning for the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/04\/12\/world\/asia\/panda-china-memphis-zoo-ya-ya.html\" title=\"\">return of a scrappy panda<\/a> from Memphis Zoo in 2023.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The National Zoo has been a frequent target. The zoo\u2019s application to import the pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao elicited nearly <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.regulations.gov\/document\/FWS-HQ-IA-2024-0124-0001\/comment\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">38,000 comments<\/a> to the American government, some of them written partly in Chinese. Many commenters mentioned the zoo\u2019s history of using <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/10\/15\/world\/asia\/pandas-zoo-breeding-death-captivity.html\" title=\"\">invasive artificial breeding techniques.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cPandas are a symbol for China,\u201d said Mr. Xiao. The activism is \u201ca unique combination of propaganda and protection of a specific species\u201d that can help \u201cpromote a political narrative,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">But the government\u2019s careful dance with panda fans is over. The arrests last month followed the detention in June of four people who had trailed a panda expert at a breeding center in western China, shouting that he was a traitor for working with overseas zoos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In December, state news agency <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/news.qq.com\/rain\/a\/20241227A06E5G00\" title=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Xinhua<\/a> warned fans not to \u201clet irrational misplaced love damage the panda protection field,\u201d calling on them to \u201ccreate a good environment for the development of giant panda protection research on the basis of science, rationality, and peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The authorities in Sichuan accused a surprising demographic group, the middle-aged, of spending too much time online.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The police said that one woman spread \u201cmore than 60 rumors and defamatory videos involving giant pandas since August 2023.\u201d They accused a couple of spreading misinformation on their livestreams for money. The authorities did not release the people\u2019s full names.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While a few panda fans have resorted to extreme measures, most others have reasonable requests, said Sarah Cheng, a Chinese volunteer in Singapore with the group Panda Voices, which has organized international campaigns for panda welfare.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThey just want the pandas to live better,\u201d she said. \u201cThey want them to have bamboo shoots and proper bamboo to eat.\u201d But many of their concerns, she said, \u201chave largely gone unaddressed or dismissed.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     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