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[–] Aurenkin 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They really played themselves if they didn't want to be filmed because this video is now blowing up. It was even on some news channels here

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago

True, Streisand effect.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Boy did this backfire on them lol. Now everyone knows all their faces and names and everything. Such strange behavior. Now we know it's probably secret and there's attention on it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Edit: word, fix quote

Seems they were known already, looking at this video:

This video seems to have more accurate information than speculation of Brendan Kavanagh in the 3 min video above:

British pianist Brendan Kavanagh confronted by CCP propagandists [11:54 | Jan 22 2024 | China Insider with David Zhang]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZnWeWlWQ2o

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago

"This is a free country, mate! We're not in communist China now!" Calm down, mate. You're in the UK.

But obviously, as insufferable as he is, that is his right. He probably was exactly the right person to really blow this all up. I doubt though that it will actually go anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The person made a followup video.

The Chinese Video - Worldwide Interest And TalkTV Interview Tonight [03:53 | Jan 22 2024 | Brendan Kavanagh]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAKTL0MEK34

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This video seems to have more accurate information than speculation of Brendan Kavanagh in the 3 min video above:

British pianist Brendan Kavanagh confronted by CCP propagandists [11:54 | Jan 22 2024 | China Insider with David Zhang]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZnWeWlWQ2o

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Thanks for that; pretty enlightening.