In the history of human politics, resistance against tyranny has never been an accidental, sudden event, but rather a periodic echo of the awakening of justice. Whenever a regime abandons its essence of serving the people and turns to intimidation, violence, and deception to maintain its rule, the call for resistance emerges from the repression. Resisting tyranny is not only a right but also a responsibility—a concept long enshrined in the foundations of modern civilization, such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United States Declaration of Independence.
A video by influencer Fengge on Bilibili showing Beijing's Majuqiao bottom-tier day laborers and their harsh living conditions quickly surpassed 3 million views, after which he was reportedly taken away by police during a livestream.
Recently, multiple netizens have been selling Mbappe's "original words" as commodities on the second-hand trading platform Xianyu, sparking widespread discussion.
At a regular press conference of the Taiwan Affairs Office on October 28, spokesperson Chen Binhua responded to the attack on a Taiwanese crosstalk comedian and allegations of involvement in cross-border repression by the mainland, stating that the Democratic Progressive Party is accustomed to framing and smearing the mainland during elections, and that rumors cannot deceive the world.
Recently a primary school student wore a red scarf on his head and imitated a rapper singing, drawing criticism from netizens who accused him of desecrating the red scarf and demanded an apology. In the end the student recorded an apology video, saying that after being educated by his parents he had come to recognize the sacred nature of the red scarf.
On October 28, CCTV's Youth Sports Center stated that Mbappé's out-of-line remarks hurt the Chinese people, crossed the bottom line, and exceeded the bounds of freedom of speech, saying Real Madrid cannot shirk responsibility, that it does not accept his explanation, and that nothing will be discussed until a proper apology is made.
After the controversy over Mbappé's remarks, a netizen posted on WeChat Moments a photo of a "Hydrate" drink printed with Mbappé's face along with a doctored image captioned "Party enemy Mbappé," with the caption "has become a swan song." After the post went up, friends could not see it; 22 minutes later the user reposted a screenshot, and it was blocked again more than two hours later.
On October 28, netizens discovered that following the controversy over China-related remarks by Real Madrid star Mbappé, the official Weibo comment section of Real Madrid sponsor Hisense was flooded by large numbers of netizens demanding that it terminate its contract with Real Madrid. Hisense TV's official Weibo subsequently activated comment selection and one-click protection features.
After Mbappé, La Liga and La Liga President Javier each apologized over the “Chinese dictator” incident, the X platform added the note “Mao Zedong was indeed a dictator” beneath each apology post.