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[–] [email protected] 158 points 11 months ago (3 children)

People are taking this as a dig on China, but it's a tale of how fragile nationalists are the world over. This is a level of dumb on par with freedom fries.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As far as I understand from the article, by Chinese law what they're accusing him of is a crime, so technically this is much, much stupider.

[–] kautau 64 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes it’s a very stupid law. “No cooking fried rice on anniversary of death of son of great leader who cooked fried rice in Korean War during bombing run, literally exposing his own position”

[–] Alivrah 35 points 11 months ago (3 children)
[–] sweetnumb 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If you're seriously questioning this, then the actual terrible laws and acts going on in China would BLOW your mind in... five.

[–] Alivrah 14 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I'm a bit informed about the current situation actually. It's just that the reason behind this law in particular is just... Comical...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Yeah, authoritarianism and nationalism are very fragile when looking behind their mask.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Yeah, they imprisoned a Chinese UFC fighter who said he could beat any traditional Chinese martial artist because their kung fu doesn't work in the real world.

They agreed to set up the match and when he, predictably, beat the living shit out of the spiritual mumbo jumbo guy, over and over again, they claimed he intentionally dishonored China and tried to lock him up.

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[–] Buddahriffic 17 points 11 months ago

We never did really get over our tribal period.

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[–] [email protected] 76 points 11 months ago (11 children)

At first I thought this was going to be a piece about Uncle Roger, but reality is funnier than anything he could ever put out.

[–] theherk 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Uncle Roger ~lovers~ loves Uncle Wang Gang. Him never making fried rice again is very sad. Haiyaa!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago

First they banned Uncle Roger, and now they’re coming after Chef Wang Gang :(

[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

I was going to say, I assume this is uncle Roger again but apparently not lol

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

We need Uncle Roger to comment on this.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Mao Anying, a Chinese military officer, was killed by US bombers on 25 November 1950 during the Korean war. A persistent but frequently denied rumour says he was trying to cook egg fried rice instead of taking shelter, and the smoke from the fire exposed his position to enemy forces.

I mean... There's stupid and then there's stupid.

[–] Buddahriffic 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Was bombing in the 50s something where they'd say, "oh look, there's some smoke from a fire, let's hit that"? Or was it more like, "ok, this looks like the target area coming up, let's drop our bombs and hope they hit something useful and explode properly, or at least explode when an enemy finds them during this war"?

I mean, I know WWII bombing was like the latter and at some point they drastically improved precision and communication between ground teams and bomber teams, but had they done so yet by the Korean war?

[–] [email protected] 29 points 11 months ago

Even in WWII bombers would visually identify target areas. A valley of suspected enemy positions that is the target area is much less easily confused for the valley next to it if there is a dumbass running a fire.

See also why London's lights were turned off in WWII.

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[–] NOT_RICK 54 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Egg fried rice is seriously taboo cause some guy died 75 years ago? Lol

[–] MisterMcBolt 51 points 11 months ago

It’s fascinating how authoritarians demand respect, but throw fits over such petty symbols. “Our DIVINELY chosen, absolutely perfect leader’s own son was killed while DEFINITELY NOT cooking with eggs. How dare ANY true citizen take pride in making such a VULGAR dish?! Egg fried rice shakes the very foundations of our flawless, unshakable regime!”

[–] logicbomb 28 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

The dumbest thing about that to me is that if the story about Mao is taboo, then people are not supposed to be talking about it.

If it's also something as mundane as egg fried rice, then it becomes possible that this chef simply forgot the taboo story because nobody talks about it.

[–] ericisshort 21 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Also, by making something as inherently inocuous as egg fried rice taboo, they are only drawing attention to the rumor. And the fact that the CCP are so bothered by it would make any reasonable person conclude that there must be some truth to the rumor.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] NOT_RICK 11 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Lemmy.ml allows that image to be hosted there? I’m surprised.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Of course they do, it's a picture of their glorious leader.

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[–] Sylver 39 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Thanks China, without your censorship I wouldn’t have learned this absolutely humiliating story of your past. You are so weak because your pilots cook rice in eggs! Now the secret is out!

[–] dyathinkhesaurus 11 points 11 months ago

The Streisand Effect

[–] samus12345 36 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 33 points 11 months ago

At least they made a huge fucking deal about it so everyone knows now.

[–] sweetnumb 20 points 11 months ago (3 children)

What's sad is that the same level of stupidity could be said about America with anything that someone is immature enough to get offended over. At least we don't disappear people all day every day constantly. If we keep getting offended by stupid shit then it becomes increasingly more possible though.

[–] Siegfried 7 points 11 months ago

In communist China the president dissappear you, in capitalist America the pentagon dissappear the president*

*just kidding... I hope

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (5 children)

Watch out or the tankies will show up to disappear you

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not constantly... There were those badgeless, patch less guys throwing people into minivans a few of summers ago. Also people straight up getting murdered in the streets (or their own fucking beds) by "public safety" officers.

Not to defend China cause they have their own brand of fucking awful, just pointing out that there's a whole rainbow of ways to be terrible and these are but a few.

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[–] Buffaloaf 19 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Are we not going to talk about how the guy's name is Wang Gang? I mean, that's fine, I just wanted to make sure.

"China reacts to Wang Gang's eggs" could be an alternative title though.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Wang Gang scrambles China's eggs

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

“As an ordinary person who gets a lot of money by posting some cooking videos, he should at least not be disrespectful to this country and the people who sacrificed for this country.”

So, uh, someone unordinary, who doesn't get a lot of money by posting some cooking videos, can?

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[–] theherk 16 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Worth watching one of his egg fried rice videos. He is a craftsman. This is my favorite.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


A Chinese celebrity chef has apologised after he was accused of insulting the memory of Mao Zedong’s son by posting a video about how to cook egg fried rice.

“As a chef, I will never make fried rice again,” Wang said in his apology on Monday after taking down the video.

Mao Anying, a Chinese military officer, was killed by US bombers on 25 November 1950 during the Korean war.

A persistent but frequently denied rumour says he was trying to cook egg fried rice instead of taking shelter, and the smoke from the fire exposed his position to enemy forces.

The Chinese Academy of History has said the claim about Mao Anying is a “most vicious rumour”, but the story remains popular.

The rumour – and references to egg fried rice – are now a taboo topic in China’s highly sensitive and controlled political environment.


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[–] Dkarma 15 points 11 months ago

Ccp got egg on their face here

[–] Cipher22 14 points 11 months ago (7 children)

How have the Chinese not played the reverse card and intentionally celebrated cooking fried rice as a sign of bravery in the face of an adversary here?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh cool, I didn't know about this rumour. Thanks to the glass hearts of these people now I do!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (3 children)

this guy must have pissed off the CCP somehow, so they're going after him on social media.. people aren't organically complaining about this.. this is definitely a government driven campaign against this guy.. the complaints are just ludicrous, and specifically aimed at inflaming old tensions between the US and China.. seriously, bringing up the death of some dipshit son of Mao during the Korean War on social media? nobody really gives a fuck about that idiot kid..

the CCP are just extorting money from this guy and this is how they go about it

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Til US airforce killed Mao's kid.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago

Egg fried rice is amazing though. It shouldn't be censored any time of the year.

This is about as dumb as the Freedom Fries controversy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I'm pedantic enough to start a trend on tiktok of bad Chinese fried rice cooking, like "how bad can you make it while still be considered Chinese fried rice"

[–] lobsticle 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Wang Gang strikes again!

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