China’s first YouTubers called SnapChat out for seemingly bowing to Chinese propaganda on Taiwan in a recent podcast.
Winston and Matt Tye SterzelThe China Show hosts (formerly ADV Podcasts) were among the first YouTubers and longtime Chinese citizens. After being attacked by the Chinese Communist Party, they fled China and are now hosts of a podcast.
Tye and Sterzel criticized SnapChat this week because they claimed it was kowtowing towards Chinese propaganda.
Tye and Sterzel explained that the “nine-dash line” is superimposed by China over a section of sea and territory that they claim is theirs, including Taiwan. CCP claimed that the border line was drawn on an old map a few years back. They claim that this gives them the right to claim that area. “China has a hissy fit if you don’t have this absolutely ridiculous nine-dash line on [maps],” Tye said.
Tye then discussed a SnapChat image he said was sent to him by a friend living in Taiwan, a “friend spread” map on which SnapChat users identify their friends’ locations. He said that the map also had an arbitrary border.
Tye explained how offensive the line is not only to Taiwanese but to other Asian people, like Filipinos, who have been unfairly subject to China’s unjust territorial claims.
“Who are you trying to capitulate to?” Tye said of SnapChat, noting that the app is not allowed in China, while it is legal in Taiwan. “That’s absolutely immoral, SnapChat,” Sterzel said.
Tye stated that the SnapChat American map did not show the nine-dash line.
“We’re in a situation where they’re trying to hide it from you in other countries that they’re using this nine-dash line,” which sends the message to the Taiwanese people that “Communist China owns you, a democratic free nation,” Tye said.
Sterzel wondered if the same line is included in SnapChat’s versions for the Philippines and other countries targeted by China, promising follow-up research. “Taiwan is separate,” he clarified, adding that Taiwan has never been ruled by the CCP.
Sterzel stated that SnapChat is a great app if it works. It is using a Chinese propaganda map in Taiwan and not elsewhere, “SnapChat has to change.”
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