Related Twitter hashtags generated more than 2 million tweets and trended globally. FMTNews HongKong China Taiwan Democracy
Hong Kong pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong showing his support for Thai netizens.
“This is the first transnational geopolitical Twitter war Thais have engaged in,” said Prajak Kongkirati of Bangkok’s Thammasat University. Furious Chinese netizens then said she had once appeared to suggest, in a post on Instagram, that Taiwan was not part of China. Beijing says the self-ruled island is an indivisible part of its territory.
In the face of the pro-China barrage, support rallied for the Thai celebrities from anti-Beijing activists and politicians – including Hong Kong pro-democracy campaigner Joshua Wong and a Taiwan mayor.Wong posted a photo watching Vachirawat’s show and urged Hong Kong to “stand with our freedom-loving Thai friends”.
“Certain people use the opportunity to incite dispute on the internet, creating oppositions between public opinions, playing off China-Thailand relations, their plot shall not succeed,” the ministry said in a response to questions from Reuters.
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