Why some Taiwanese want to boycott the viral ‘Ke Mu San’ TikTok dance

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Others complained that the dance was a Chinese propaganda tool to “brainwash” Taiwanese youth, and more than one Facebook event was created to boycott the dance competition.

there are concerns in some quarters over the growing popularity of the app, which some argue could become a powerful tool for China to wage “cognitive warfare” against Taiwan and spread narratives favourable to Beijing.

One Chinese term they have been using is shi pin to refer to “video”, instead of ying pian, which is traditionally preferred in Taiwan, he noted. Some users have also started using the mainland Chinese slang niu bi to describe something that is awesome.

It seems harmless, but what if that content creator keeps pushing ideas including how Chinese make-up products are better than Taiwanese products, and then use that to talk about how China is better than Taiwan in other ways?

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