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   J.

   December 19, 2022 at 1:20 am

   Thank you for the article. I thought to provide some additional third-party information from reputable sources with regard to the background about how Zhang Zhehan was framed:

   1. Legal talk given in 2022 by respected China legal scholar Wang Yong from Hong Fan Research Institute and China University of Political Science and Law about the defamation of Zhang Zhehan, with English subtitles: https://youtu.be/baoskGTLhP8
   *You can verify the authenticity of the talk and the credentials of the speaker since he is famous in the China legal circle and is often invited on shows to talk about China law. In Chinese, this is his name, designation and related institutes: 洪范研究所/中国政法大学教授王涌

   2. Subtitled version of Zhang Zhehan’s IG video where he talks in first person about how he was framed as seen on Chinese Stars News: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FutBr_cbFFQ
   Should you wish to see the version of Zhang Zhehan’s on IG, you may go to https://www.instagram.com/p/CdGhDfkJRtQ/

   3. Yahoo report about Zhang Zhehan speaking of how he was framed and about his criminal defamation report: https://sg.style.yahoo.com/zhang-zhehan-denies-entering-yasukuni-shrine-willing-investigated-063158363.html

   4. Singapore’s Straits Times podcast which talked about the false rumours and how Zhang was framed:
   https://www.straitstimes.com/life/entertainment/popvultures-podcast-chinese-entertainment-updates-divorces-marriages-and-bts-gets-on-instagram
   Time code: 00:48 Chinese entertainment/Zhang Zhehan update

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   OJ

   December 22, 2022 at 5:57 am

   Zhang Zhehan had a small part in the acclaimed Nirvana in Fire as the young General Lin Shu who was victim of political frame-up by evil rivals in the royal court. This is coincidentally parallel to what happened to him in real life. Given the geopolitical backdrop of China/US rivalry and American determination to beat China at all costs, this seems to be part of a soft power war using Zhang as a tool to manipulate public opinion against China.

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3. 

   dawnraptor

   December 23, 2022 at 6:38 pm

   I’m very happy for this comeback, even if it’s only a partial one.
   I’m from Italy and I was very affected by his sad history. I was so incredulous and sad, I couldn’t understand or believe in what was so clearly a see of misinterpretations, misunderstandings, false accuses, absurdities and vicious lies…
   There are clearly hidden powers at work, and a great artist paid the cost. Shameful.

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4. 

   Tidieu

   January 11, 2023 at 12:04 pm

   It was obvious that there was an organized effort to defame Zhang Zhehan in Aug 2021, which seemed to have started way before that.
   – Zhehan himself has reported his case as being defamed.
   – There have been numerous research and findings that showed an organized cyber crime was committed that lead to the Aug 13, 2021 event.
   – All of the disinformation that were circulated were found to be started and circulated quickly by internet trolls.

   Frankly I cannot understand what is really going ok in China. Is it because one citizen out of 3 billion people is not significant, or some other hidden corrupted powerful forces / officials are behind the scenes pulling strings.

   More information about how a defamation campaign is designed and works is detailed in the following Ted Talk video:

   https://youtu.be/Iu4OdhjnN4I

   Another article about water army (paid internet fake accounts to manipulate public opinions):

   https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/01/27/technology/social-media-bots.html

   Article about how China influencer, who can be bought and paid for, can manipulate public opinion to the extreme of getting a professor fired:

   https://jingdaily.com/the-follower-factory-in-china/

   In recent congress meetings in China, the issue of cyber crime was discussed at length, Zhang Zhehan case was even brought up, but we still have not heard any good news yet…only a few officials and water army companies were caught since then.

   I do hope China will show to the world that its government is for the people at large, and not just for a few in power.

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