The Chinese Communist Party has received some unexpected and unwanted attention in recent weeks, following an incident that is being dubbed “Pianogate.” The scene was London’s St Pancras train station. A group of flag-toting Chinese mainlanders approached a public pianist, instructing him not to broadcast any footage showing their faces or voices. They claimed to be filming for Chinese television nearby; they needed to protect their “image rights.” Communist Party rich kids are accustomed to getting their own way, and while these ones were civil at first, they were clearly in no mood for objections: “We will put a legal action into it [sic]. I’m sorry, this is the end of the conversation.”
A bunch of 🇨🇳-waving Chinese, apparently from a 🇨🇳 TV broadcaster, told pianist Brendan Kavanagh — who regularly live-streams his performances on public pianos in public venues — to stop showing their faces in his live-streaming while he’s playing the piano in a shopping mall in… pic.twitter.com/3sjbvcZX1s
— Byron Wan (@Byron_Wan) January 21, 2024
Observing their flags, the pianist (Brendan Kavanagh) grumbled that “You’re not in Communist China now, you know.” His interlocutors smugly seized their opportunity: “This is racist.” (The Party is a quick study…
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