TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — During a presentation at a university in the U.K. on Friday (Oct. 21), Chinese students shouted obscenities and blocked the projector when a slide appeared with the Taiwan flag.
A Chinese Weibo user who goes by the handle "Gong Zheng Ah Gong Zheng" (宮鉦啊宮鉦) uploaded a video taken at the University of Southampton. According to the Weibo user, during a team presentation, a Japanese student included Taiwan's flag in a PowerPoint slide and stated "Taiwan is a country."
The Chinese national bragged that he and his fellow countrymen in the class blocked the projector and shouted that "Taiwan is a part of China." He added that "China's sovereignty will never be violated!"
He closed by saying that he felt like he did something that day that "I will be proud of for the rest of my life."
In the video, the shadow of a student holding up his hand is cast on the screen to obscure the Taiwan flag. In the background, Chinese students can be heard booing and shouting "Taiwan is a part of China," and hurling obscenities.
During the incident, two non-Chinese students can be seen turning their heads and laughing at their Chinese classmates. The video closes with the Chinese students demanding that the Japanese student change to the next slide of the presentation.
The University of Southampton has not yet responded to a request for comment on the incident from Taiwan News.
Original video:
Chinese students block projector, boo, shout "Taiwan is part of China," and hurl obscenities during Japanese student's PowerPoint presentation at University of Southampton on Oct. 21 https://t.co/JBbWa7ffx7 pic.twitter.com/MLWvoC0Rrs
— Taiwan News (@TaiwanNews886) October 25, 2022
Translation of the Chinese text by The Great Translation Movement:
No one cares about the patriotic affectation of Chinese students. No amount of clamoring from China will change the fact that Taiwan is a sovereign nation.#TheGreatTranslationMovement pic.twitter.com/QQsfPcJNoH
— The Great Translation Movement 大翻译运动官方推号 (@TGTM_Official) October 23, 2022
