{"id":183435,"date":"2015-05-08T12:55:13","date_gmt":"2015-05-08T19:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=183435"},"modified":"2015-05-08T12:57:24","modified_gmt":"2015-05-08T19:57:24","slug":"netizen-voices-cross-strait-battle-of-the-grandsons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2015\/05\/netizen-voices-cross-strait-battle-of-the-grandsons\/","title":{"rendered":"Netizen Voices: Cross-Strait Battle of the Grandsons"},"content":{"rendered":"
Demos Chiang, founder of the Taiwanese design company DEM Inc. and one of Chiang Kai-shek<\/a>\u2019s great grandsons, opened a verified Weibo account<\/a> today. His first post<\/a>, a simple \u201cgood morning\u201d accompanied by a photo of himself with a subtle grin, went viral, and not just because of Chiang\u2019s good looks. Commenters compared the handsome, accomplished Chiang to Mao\u2019s only grandson, the portly Mao Xinyu<\/a>. Some are also asking Chiang if he means to stage a \u201ccounter-attack against the mainland\u201d (\u53cd\u653b\u5927\u9646) to avenge the defeat of the Kuomintang by the Communists in 1949:<\/p>\n Dadaowuming-<\/em> (@\u5927\u9053\u65e0\u540d-): A simple “‘morning” has netizens falling over each other to prostrate themselves. The likes, reposts, and comments are flowing–this is the rhythm for a counter-attack on the mainland. Looks like your grandfather has plenty of people to take on his unfinished business.<\/p>\n \u5c31\u4e00\u4e2a\u201c\u65e9\u201d\u5b57\uff0c\u5f15\u65e0\u6570\u7f51\u53cb\u7ade\u6298\u8170\u3002\u70b9\u8d5e\u8f6c\u53d1\u8bc4\u8bba\u987f\u65f6\u6ed4\u6ed4\uff0c\u8fd9\u662f\u8981\u53cd\u653b\u5927\u9646\u7684\u8282\u594f\u554a\u3002\u4f60\u7237\u7237\u672a\u7adf\u4e4b\u4e8b\u4e1a\u770b\u6765\u540e\u7ee7\u6709\u4eba\u4e86\u3002[Chinese<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Jihuashengyuzhidaoyuan<\/em> (@\u8ba1\u5212\u751f\u80b2\u6307\u5bfc\u5458): When will you return with the army of the Republic?<\/p>\n \u4ec0\u4e48\u65f6\u5019\u5e26\u9886\u56fd\u519b\u6740\u56de\u6765\uff1f<\/p>\n Yudaye_<\/em> (@\u4f59\u5927\u7237_): If the civil war of 65 years before were fought today, Mr. Chiang would definitely win, since these days it’s about\u00a0looks.<\/p>\n \u5185\u6218\u8981\u662f\u572865\u5e74\u540e\u7684\u4eca\u5929\u6253\uff0c\u90a3\u4e48\u80dc\u5229\u7684\u80af\u5b9a\u662f\u848b\u516c\uff0c\u56e0\u4e3a\u73b0\u5728\u8fd9\u65f6\u4ee3\u770b\u8138\u00b7 [Chinese<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n It appears that all of the comments containing the phrase \u201ccounter-attack against the mainland\u201d have been filtered by Sina. A message at the bottom of each page of comments states, \u201cTo avoid harassment, Weibo’s intelligent anti-spam system filters a portion of advertising users.<\/a>\u201d \u201cCounter-attack against the mainland\u201d is blocked from Weibo search results<\/a> as of this posting. Taiwanese news outlets like Apple Daily<\/a> and China Times<\/a> have published low-resolution screenshots of some of the comments, but the shape of the offending phrase is discernible.<\/p>\n Still live are requests for Chiang to challenge Mao\u2019s grandson, Mao Xinyu, to a handwriting battle. Mao Xinyu has been skewered online for his rotundity, lack of aptitude, and poor penmanship<\/a>. In 2010, Mao Xinyu was promoted to the rank of major-general in the People\u2019s Liberation Army<\/a>. Then\u00a039, he was the youngest person to hold this title, leading many scornful netizens to doubt that he earned it on his own merit.<\/p>\n Demos Chiang is not a politician, but he has spoken on political issues in Taiwan. In 2007, he questioned the Democratic Progressive Party’s\u00a0“anti-Chiang” measures<\/a> in a blog post, while acknowledging Taiwan’s autocratic\u00a0past under the leadership of his great grandfather<\/a> and grandfather<\/a>. In 2012, Demos told an audience at a\u00a0conference in Taipei that Taiwan’s government is “the most outdated brand,”<\/a> unwilling to take risks and break norms.<\/p>\n While Demos runs a company and tests the drought-stricken waters of\u00a0Weibo celebrity<\/a>,\u00a0his younger brother\u00a0Andrew Chiang is serving a six-month prison sentence<\/a> for posting violent threats to social media against his alma mater, the Taipei American School.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Demos Chiang, founder of the Taiwanese design company DEM Inc. and one of Chiang Kai-shek\u2019s great grandsons, opened a verified Weibo account today. His first post, a simple \u201cgood morning\u201d accompanied by a photo of himself with a subtle grin, went viral, and not just because of Chiang\u2019s good looks. 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