In recent years, Hsu has spent an increasing amount of time across the Taiwan Strait building her brand. Japanese actor Yuki Furukawa was similarly assailed online last week after asking his 4.5 million Weibo users whether they were watching the Olympics as Japan broke China’s 17-year gold-medal streak in mixed doubles table tennis. Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai was also targeted Monday after congratulating several of Taiwan’s athletes at the Olympics, with angry Chinese Internet users asking why she had failed to celebrate any Chinese competitors. Beijing views Taiwan as a part of its territory, even though it has never controlled the island. Oriental House, a Ningpo-based maker of traditional medicinal teas, said its had cancelled its contract with Hsu after her Instagram post.

Source: The Star August 03, 2021 05:15 UTC