Gao Qianhui
SPOnG's normally quick to jump to the defence of gaming and gamers when a kicking is dished up by the authorities and/or mainstream press, but we're struggling with this one. A 21 year-old Chinese girl has been detained by police after posting a video delivering abuse to victims of the earthquake in the Sichuan province - for disrupting her online gaming.
SPOnG doesn't understand Chinese, but speak4china tells us, "it’s basically a 5 minute long, disgusting diatribe against the victims of the Sichuan earthquake. She calls them beggars, ask why their corpses are always showing up on TV, and calls on them to all die as quickly as possible."
A three day mourning period for victims of the earthquake saw online gaming shut down in China.
"How many of you died? It was just a few", said Gao Qianhui, the girl in question. "China has so many people, anyway."
Qianhui's rant has provoked a wave of anger from Chinese Internet users. You can see the video below - remember, it's probably in the Beijing dialect of Mandarin as the girl comes from Liaoning province.
Sources: speak4china, Yahoo
SPOnG doesn't understand Chinese, but speak4china tells us, "it’s basically a 5 minute long, disgusting diatribe against the victims of the Sichuan earthquake. She calls them beggars, ask why their corpses are always showing up on TV, and calls on them to all die as quickly as possible."
A three day mourning period for victims of the earthquake saw online gaming shut down in China.
"How many of you died? It was just a few", said Gao Qianhui, the girl in question. "China has so many people, anyway."
Qianhui's rant has provoked a wave of anger from Chinese Internet users. You can see the video below - remember, it's probably in the Beijing dialect of Mandarin as the girl comes from Liaoning province.
Sources: speak4china, Yahoo
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SuperSaiyan4 23 May 2008 10:50
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Chinese Police detained her? *Chuckles* Good because I am pretty sure we won't be seeing her again and nor will she be seeing the light of day ever again as she will be put to sleep permantly me reckons...
How f**king disgraceful of anyone to say what she has.
How f**king disgraceful of anyone to say what she has.
Dio Brando 23 May 2008 11:28
2/12
Spong,
"You can see the video below - remember, it's in Chinese though."
Spong, since when was "chinese" the name of the country's dialect language? Its either Mandarin, Wu or Cantonese she is speaking. Shame on you.
"You can see the video below - remember, it's in Chinese though."
Spong, since when was "chinese" the name of the country's dialect language? Its either Mandarin, Wu or Cantonese she is speaking. Shame on you.
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TimSpong 23 May 2008 11:38
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Dio Brando wrote:
Spong, "You can see the video below - remember, it's in Chinese though."
Spong, since when was "chinese" the name of the country's dialect language? It's either Mandarin, Wu or Cantonese she is speaking. Shame on you.
Spong, since when was "chinese" the name of the country's dialect language? It's either Mandarin, Wu or Cantonese she is speaking. Shame on you.
Ouch, yes - point taken on that one. Actually, what is the dialect in Szechuan/Sichuan?
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Thinks... looks...
[Returns]
Right, apparently it's a dialect of Mandarin - and it's called 'Sichuanhua' (or Sichuanese).
Thanks for the pointer
Tim
TimSpong 23 May 2008 11:44
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Dio Brando wrote:
Spong, Spong, since when was "chinese" the name of the country's dialect language? Its either Mandarin, Wu or Cantonese she is speaking. Shame on you.
Belay my last response - she's from Liaoning province, so it would be a Beijing dialect of Mandarin.
Story updated.
Cheers
Tim
PreciousRoi 23 May 2008 11:49
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Tim Smith wrote:
Dio Brando wrote:
Spong, "You can see the video below - remember, it's in Chinese though."
Spong, since when was "chinese" the name of the country's dialect language? It's either Mandarin, Wu or Cantonese she is speaking. Shame on you.
Spong, since when was "chinese" the name of the country's dialect language? It's either Mandarin, Wu or Cantonese she is speaking. Shame on you.
Ouch, yes - point taken on that one. Actually, what is the dialect in Szechuan/Sichuan?
[Exits]
Thinks... looks...
[Returns]
Right, apparently it's a dialect of Mandarin - and it's called 'Sichuanhua' (or Sichuanese).
Thanks for the pointer
Tim
meh...sub-dialect...Mandarin is a dialect of Chinese, the dominant dialect in fact...according to wiki...and I have some small direct experience which would tent to confirm this. So calling the language spoken "Chinese" is at once perfectly acceptable and conveys exactly the amount of information neccessary and appropriate for a news item intended for a Western audience.
I applaud the pedantry though...
edit:the Beijing dialect of Mandarin is basically Standard Mandarin, which is, to use an ice cream analogy plain vanilla Chinese. Its also the "offical standard language" of both Chinas...even though both Chinas contend that there is, in fact, only one China. There is no spoon. FREE TIBET! FREE NEPAL!
TimSpong 23 May 2008 11:56
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PreciousRoi wrote:
meh...sub-dialect...Mandarin is a dialect of Chinese...according to wiki...and I have some small direct experience which would tent to confirm this. So calling the language spoken "Chinese" is at once perfectly acceptable and conveys exactly the amount of information neccessary for a news item intended for a Western audience.
Ta for that Roi... but being a pedant among pedants as I am, I appreciated the fantastic piece of "Oi! SPOnG, I think you'll find that..." from Dio Brando. It's the kind of thing that happens in the SPOnG underwater castle's magic underwater flying pub on most nights.
Cheers
Tim
Dio Brando 23 May 2008 13:03
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Tim Smith wrote:
PreciousRoi wrote:
meh...sub-dialect...Mandarin is a dialect of Chinese...according to wiki...and I have some small direct experience which would tent to confirm this. So calling the language spoken "Chinese" is at once perfectly acceptable and conveys exactly the amount of information neccessary for a news item intended for a Western audience.
Ta for that Roi... but being a pedant among pedants as I am, I appreciated the fantastic piece of "Oi! SPOnG, I think you'll find that..." from Dio Brando. It's the kind of thing that happens in the SPOnG underwater castle's magic underwater flying pub on most nights.
Cheers
Tim
no probs,
regarding the video, im not quite sure of china's current regulation on freedom of speech, but i somehow feel it wont be forgiving in this event. Jail sentence perhaps? Whatever the outcome, i dont fancy her chances if shes seen publicy in the open.
I understand shes under strict police protection now.
MAD WIL 23 May 2008 15:34
8/12
She's a gamer. We all know how we get when we can't get our fix. Give her a break.....to her shin bones and send her on her way!!
TimSpong 23 May 2008 16:34
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MAD WIL wrote:
She's a gamer. We all know how we get when we can't get our fix. Give her a break.....to her shin bones and send her on her way!!
It's Friday arvo and I'm in one of those moods. Some facts: I don't speak any dialect of Chinese. I have no idea what she was saying. Based on that, looking at the video and listening to it lead me to produce the following translation:
"That, like earthquake thing? It's like so last month, yeah? I mean, what's with that and stuff, yeah?
"I mean, I am so totally over the whole 'dead babies' and 'suffering' thing - it's just so icky.
"Like I was saying to my (intonation up) friend, they so don't have earthquacks and that in the West - and anyway how do you make the earth quack anyway? That's lame and everything! I mean, Eeeeeewww!
"And anyway, three days of morning - that's soooo outrageous, yeah? I mean, how would we sleep and everything, yeah? I hate to a millionzillion bits not getting sleep! Anyway, godddda run! Love ya!"
And all of that in a Paris Hilton tone.
But, well, that's just what happens in my head on a Friday arvo.
Cheers
Tim
DoctorDee 24 May 2008 07:01
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SuperSaiyan4 wrote:
Chinese Police detained her? *Chuckles* Good because I am pretty sure we won't be seeing her again
OK, so let me see if I get this right. A Young stupid girl says a few things which, I am pretty sure, she will regret in a few years time, and you think that state sponsored execution is an acceptable and appropriate response.
Freedom of speech, more than democracy even (given that democracy is broken in almost every country that espouses it) is the one modern western trait that we should be enshrining as an inalienable human right.
What she said may be stupid and wrong, but she sure as all s**t should have the right to say it.
And as for three days of no on-line gaming, do you believe for one second that should terrorists manage another attack on a par with 11/9, that Xbox live would be turned off for even one second. I mean, mourning is one thing, but voluntarily reducing profits, that... that's just unamerican.
p 29 May 2008 00:36
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SuperSaiyan4 wrote:
Chinese Police detained her? *Chuckles* Good because I am pretty sure we won't be seeing her again and nor will she be seeing the light of day ever again as she will be put to sleep permantly me reckons...
How f**king disgraceful of anyone to say what she has.
How f**king disgraceful of anyone to say what she has.
Does SS4 write for the Daily Mail's "Hang'n 's too good for 'm" column?
PS How do you confuse and upset a Daily Mail reader? Tell them that the Immigrant is the natural predator of the paedophile. (Not my joke, heard it on radio4 I think)
Gabriel 11 May 2012 14:54
12/12
She'll probably get gang raped at the police station.