"Bobo Chicken, Bobo Chicken, Bobo Chicken for one yuan a bunch~" (Have you already sang along?)
A shouting melody has become a hit recently and has spread across the Taiwan Strait. Many Taiwanese netizens said that "as long as I listen to it once, it will be repeated forever" and "it has become my alarm clock sound"...
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Some netizens even created their own dance steps to match the music, which has become another "magic" dance after "Subject Three" recently.
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Those "divine songs" and dance steps that are popular on both sides of the Taiwan Strait
When it comes to the shared memories of both sides of the Taiwan Strait, many melodies linger in the ears of generations of people.
At the end of the 20th century, "Sweet Honey" made people immersed in Teresa Teng's soft words; in "A Fire in Winter" Fei Xiang's dance steps captured the hearts of countless girls... In recent years, many mainland songs have "dominated" Taiwan KTV, there are lyrical ones - "Legend", "Chengdu", "The Shepherd of Coco Tuohai"; there are down-to-earth ones - "Mouse Loves Rice", "Little Apple", etc.
The development of short videos has ignited the enthusiasm for cross-strait people-to-people exchanges. Last year, "Qiu Buddha", which once shined in the "Rain Ring Ring Era", was "revived" in Taiwan and became an overnight hit. Later, there were "Seaweed Dance", "My Surname is Shi", "Dinosaur Carrying the Wolf", and then the popular "Subject Three" and "Bobo Chicken"... In the era of social media, a song, A kind of dance will spread on both sides of the Taiwan Strait at a "phenomenal level" in a very short time.
"I just want to dance. Is this wrong?"
The cross-strait people's interaction is in full swing, but there are always some people who hinder it.
The Ningxia Night Market in Taipei recently held a "Subject Three" competition. An ordinary dance competition event has attracted some criticism and criticism, worried that the mainland will "dance to dominate Taiwan".
Ningxia Night Market "Subject Three" Dance Competition. Image source: United News Network
In fact, the magical and easy-to-learn dance moves of "Subject Three" not only entertain everyone, but also make the dancers happy. It is normal for the popular culture between young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait to be similar and influence each other.
A fun and interesting dance step can make green camp politicians and "Taiwan independence" elements feel like they are facing a formidable enemy, and even demonize Internet products that are closely related to the mainland, and establish a so-called "cognitive research center" to counter the so-called "cognitive warfare" ". Is this "anti-China" or "anti-intellectual"?
This kind of behavior is like cutting off the water supply. Not only does it fail to stop cross-strait cultural exchanges, it also exposes that Taiwan’s green camp is increasingly unable to keep up with the pace of young people.
Ningxia Night Market "Subject Three" Dance Competition. Image source: United News Network
The DPP, which has lost its youth, will inevitably lose votes.
During a post-election review a few days ago, there were voices within the Democratic Progressive Party asking the administration to ban short video applications that are closely related to the mainland. They believe that in this election, the DPP’s “legislative” seats dropped by 10. The key reason was the loss of young votes. The reason why young people are moving further and further away from the DPP is because of the influence of platforms such as Xiaohongshu Brainwashing, so banning is the fundamental solution.
Some Taiwanese media asked: The DPP still doesn’t know where its disease is, or does it know but bury its head in the sand?
If it just finds "straw men" and "scapegoats" for failure and manipulates it for political selfishness, the DPP will be abandoned by young people. This election is an example. The Democratic Progressive Party, which once claimed to stand with young people, can no longer tolerate a dance or a song.
Taiwanese youth (data map). Image source: United News Network
Thinking further, is it really "Subject Three" that is not tolerated by the DPP? Obviously not. What they cannot accept is the anxiety and loneliness of Taiwan being unable to maintain its economic and cultural superiority. It is also the fear of having to face the ridicule of the Taiwanese people when it conjures rumors and smear the mainland.
Still looking at the world with a Cold War mentality, how long can the DPP continue to pull off this trick? (China News Service WeChat public account author: Mu Shan)