Now take a look at this interview with Piers Morgan about a recent incident. He was doing his usual schtick when some Chinese nationals complain that he his filming them in the public location and complaining to the police about it, making up some bizarre complaint about him touching someone, and nonsense about racist remarks.
I happen to like listening to this guy play the piano. He’s entertaining, and my musical tastes are pretty simplistic, so it’s the guy of thing I like. And I also love free speech and hate the PRC. I’m starting this thread out here in CS but it might get real political fast depending on how things turn out. Take a look at the videos I’ve linked to get an idea of what’s happening to begin with.
I’ve been following a discussion on this matter on another message board. Generally, the consensus is that the Chinese had no right to complain—he’s filming himself playing a public piano, he’s attracting a crowd, and people in the crowd are going to be filmed.
If the Chinese objected to being filmed in public—well, it’s a lot easier to walk to another part of the train station than it is to move a piano. And if you like the music and gather around, then you’re going to be filmed.
I saw that earlier in the Chinese news. Here’s an interesting thought: those who were on the scene and are now complaining about him certainly did not seem to mind capturing his image without permission.
Twenty+ years ago I had a Russian co-worker. We saw some video that was filmed in a public place and he was shocked; his comment was “if you tried filming random people in Russia, you’d probably get the crap beaten out of you”.
I’m guessing most people just consider it rude. I’m not going to punch someone in the face over it, but if someone just started filming me out in public for no good reason I’d be unhappy with it.
His camera was in a fixed position. They had to walk into the shot.
I read they were filming something they intended to broadcast later, but pass off as live. When they realized it would be problematic, they pitched a fit.
They’re completely full of shit and have some other agenda or some chip on their shoulder. China is easily the most surveilled population on Earth. If they’ve ever left their homes the Chinese government has filmed them hundreds of times every single day.
The China Observer YouTube channel says Dr. K is receiving overwhelming support from the Chinese people. They suggest the people being called ‘Little Pinks’ are being seen unfavorably by the CCP and that the CCP is trying to stay neutral on this matter, although that may all be speculation.
