#ufc
#Song Yadong
Eighth-ranked bantamweight fighter Song Yadong will be eager to reassert himself in the Octagon after falling to Cory Sandhagen at UFC Vegas 60 Read More
Loved-and-hated actor/singer Xiao Zhan turned 29 this week. To celebrate his birthday, fans in Chongqing covered the street in front of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute with graffiti.
Xiao Zhan’s fans are notorious for grand displays of affection, and social media quickly filled with posts condemning what they saw as an act of vandalism. But the Chongqing News revealed that the so-called “vandalism” was actually sanctioned by the school.
Related:
<a href="https://radii.co/article/ao3-sean-xiao-zhan-apologizes"> <div class="related-wrapper"> <div class="related-image"> <img src="https://imagedelivery.net/WLUarKbmUXuuhDC7PG5_Qw/articles/9c7db25424eda26f60d953de03959f9f.jpg/public" alt="sean-xiao-zhan-ao3"/> </div> <div class="related-content"> <div class="related-title"> <span>Actor Xiao Zhan Apologizes After Fans Get Fanfiction Site AO3 Blocked</span> </div> <div class="related-subtitle"> <span>Xiao Zhan was at the center of a controversy involving fanfiction website AO3, and ultimately was dealt a huge career blow by his own fans</span> </div> <div class="related-footer"> <span>Article</span> <span>May 07, 2020</span> </div> </div> </div> </a>
On Huangjueping Graffiti Street, students and the public are permitted to cover the sidewalk, street, and buildings with (family-friendly) graffiti. The educational experiment has yielded the world’s longest street of public murals. After the nature of the event was clarified, the initial furor was forced to settle.
“Everyone waited in an orderly manner,” wrote one Weibo user. “After the event ended, the atmosphere was still warm and friendly.”
In fandom culture, idols’ birthdays reach a near-holiday status. For Xiao Zhan’s birthday, fans in Chongqing — one of China’s biggest cities — planned a drone show, public billboards, and the graffiti gathering in front of Institute.
Related:
<a href="https://radii.co/article/xiao-zhan-team-apologizes"> <div class="related-wrapper"> <div class="related-image"> <img src="" alt=""/> </div> <div class="related-content"> <div class="related-title"> <span>Xiao Zhan is Forced to Apologize Once More Over “Dead Fan” Scandal</span> </div> <div class="related-subtitle"> <span>Can Xiao Zhan fans go too far? Weibo says yes</span> </div> <div class="related-footer"> <span>Article</span> <span>Jul 17, 2020</span> </div> </div> </div> </a>
That night, netizens accused fans of yelling and being rowdy in the streets, bothering students and local street vendors. It seemed to many like a textbook incident for Xiao Zhan’s fanbase, who have trended multiple times this year alone for various incidents.
Chongqing News investigated the discrepancies between accounts of the event, finding that many of the accusations being thrown at fans were false. Students and business-owners were mostly unaware anything had occurred, and the claims of graffiti crime were ultimately unfounded.
Earlier this year, Xiao Zhan fans raised over 2 million RMB for medical equipment in Wuhan. Despite frequent positive social work such as this, it’s clear perceptions of those outside the fandom remain largely negative.
#ufc
#Song Yadong
Eighth-ranked bantamweight fighter Song Yadong will be eager to reassert himself in the Octagon after falling to Cory Sandhagen at UFC Vegas 60 Read More
#influencer
Not all heroes wear capes: Xu Yajun created the brand and charity Super Girl to provide free menstrual products to girls in rural parts of Southwest China’s Yunnan province Read More
#celebrities
A bad boy onscreen and the boy next door in real life, 23-year-old star Dylan Wang found massive success in 2022’s ‘Love Between Fairy and Devil’ Read More
#gaming
#Blizzard Entertainment
A sign of the times: ‘World of Warcraft’ statues and displays were demolished at the NetEase office complex, and the destruction was livestreamed on China’s version of TikTok Read More
#celebrities
#Chinese New Year
From Angelina Jolie to Kendrick Lamar to Michael Jordan and Elliot Page: Here are eight celebrities born in the Year of the Rabbit Read More