K-pop Band BTS Faces Backlash in China for Using Hong Kong Slogan

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By NTD Newsroom
October 21, 2020China in Focus
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In South Korea, a band called BTS is facing backlash from China. That’s after it used the slogan “be water” to promote its branded bottle water.

It’s unclear whether the band intended to draw the reference to Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement.

The Chinese regime’s internet-savvy supporters, dubbed the “little pinks,” are expressing their outrage toward the band online.

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