Thai drama “Forbidden Girl” bombarded with “insults to China”

The Thai drama “Forbidden Girl” is currently airing in China, with a rating of 8.4 on Douban, and has even made its way to the top of Weibo. However, a Facebook post by the show’s producers has attracted criticism from Chinese netizens for “insulting China”.

On Monday (17), the show’s official Facebook account posted a picture expressing gratitude to viewers around the world and used seven different characters, including a traditional “thank you” followed by a Hong Kong Bauhinia flag, and a simplified “thank you” followed by a blue sky and white sun full of red flags. red flag. In the accompanying Thai text, 11 countries were explicitly mentioned as being thanked.

The post was instantly bombarded by Chinese netizens for “insulting China” and “trying to split the motherland”, criticizing “If you don’t support one China, get out! Here is China!”, “Hong Kong and Taiwan belong to China, thanks to the country should bring the Chinese flag! The show’s director called for a boycott of the show.

Afterwards, the show was updated with pictures, the latest released pictures did not add the Chinese flag, but directly removed all the flag logo, Chinese only left the traditional “thank you”, no simplified characters.