Taiwan’s Lawmaker Goes Viral on Douyin

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Ruling Democratic Progressive Party lawmaker Wang Shih-chien became an internet sensation after a Chinese social media account spliced and parodied his speeches into a viral song. But some are suspicious of how the song depicts Taiwan, raising concerns it could be part of China’s “united front” tactics.       Reporter: Cadence Quaranta    Video editors: Patrick Chen/Alison Nguyen      #TaiwanPlusNews #Douyin #TikTok #王世堅

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00:00The video splices together past sound bites from Taiwanese Democratic Progressive Party

00:08legislator Wang Shijian. It was posted by a Chinese content creator on Douyin,

00:14the Chinese version of TikTok, earlier this month and already has around 930,000 views.

00:20But at least one Taiwan legislator is urging people not to watch.

00:30United Front work refers to China's efforts to influence Taiwan.

00:35And there is some evidence of this video being associated with this goal.

00:39The original Chinese content creator later posted a separate video writing in the caption

00:44that he's suddenly seeing so many people from Taiwan IP addresses commenting on his videos

00:49and saying that he, quote, welcomes Taiwanese compatriots to come home.

00:53And in a press conference, the Chinese government's Taiwan Affairs Office spokesperson

00:57said he was impressed by the creativity of social media users on both sides of the street

01:02and later even appeared to quote the video,

01:05using it to accuse Taiwan's semiconductor industry of scrambling to survive.

01:10But when Taiwan's top national security official was pressed on whether his bureau

01:14would be investigating the video, he appeared to indicate it wasn't that serious a case.

01:19A case.

01:29Okay.

01:30They don't know if they're going to shoot

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