>>4206153No. The Chinese have a specific term for this: 批鬥
Pai as in "criticize," dau as in "struggle," this is generally translated as a "struggle session."
The premise is that, when a person is surrounded by a mob and subject to "the people's criticism," they are more likely to become "honest" and reform or confess their wrongdoing. In reality, it is a method of rooting out controversial thought naturally over time.
The Chinese government continues to organize these "struggle sessions" to this day, but it operates across all avenues now. State-sponsored shaming of a person, mostly artificial, takes place; Chinese young men and teenagers (clueless "wolf warriors") believe it is legitimate critique and pile on, repeating deceptions to the point of ludicrousness (John Cena said Taiwan, he said it was a country, he said he wanted Taiwan to be a country, John Cena supported Taiwanese independence, etc. etc. far beyond the initial statement), creating the illusion that anyone truly gives a fuck, or influencing their moderate neighbors to believe something truly "offensive" occurred.
People in China find themselves ostracized, while foreigners have their agents tell them a "massive outcry" has erupted
Coco & John Cena are obvious victims of this policy. Hololive faced no such critique until the Bilibili admins decided that it was a useful opportunity to eject foreign vtuber talents with whom they had bad contracts, developing their local talents (subject to full fines and tax) & debt slaves like the NijiCNs.
