26.1.4.5.3. Nathan Rich (Hotpot King, 火锅大王)
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaSlyjhR4WC7QhYuaivxb6g/videos
As mentioned at: https://medium.com/swlh/how-china-is-influencing-youtubers-into-posting-state-propaganda-db72acf18dfa:
His vlogging career is inexplicably successful. He has 385,000 subscribers on his channel, a huge amount for someone with so little time and so few videos on the platform.".
https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/au8az3/exscientologist_nathan_rich_is_a_convicted_felon/ mentions another interesting very strong circumstantial evidence:
His videos feature perfect Chinese in the subtitles along with Chinese video titles, meaning that he is almost certainly having these videos produced by someone else/and or a group of people. I can guarantee that based on his pronunciation of the few Chinese words he says in the video, his Chinese ability should not be anywhere close to fluent.
Sample videos:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRqcA04FtmM he says SerpentZA is a fraud "because he criticizes China".
Reception:
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https://www.zhihu.com/question/310502367 "如何评价 B 站 UP 主「NathanRich火锅大王」？" on Zhihu (知乎, censored Quora clone, 审查 Quora 克隆). TODO what is "B站UP"?
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2020-07-05 China Global Television Network (CGTN, 中国环球电视网, CCP media) approves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRK1XDlZkng "Nathan Rich: 'Hotpot King' delivering truth about HK to the world"
2020-06-01 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3941420 "China propagandist Nathan Rich’s criminal record revealed" contains an outline of Richs criminal records, with including mugshots. Most of this was already likely known, but it gives good detail. In particular, it comments on the fact that in 2013 Beijing started to more strictly do criminal background checks for VISA applicants: https://www.china-briefing.com/news/non-criminal-record-certificate-required-for-employment-license-application-in-beijing/, and that Rich managed to get the VISA two years later nonetheless, notably including a drug trafficking charge.
白https://secure.avaaz.org/community_petitions/en/youtubers_social_commentators_anybody_interested_i_remove_youtube_user_nathan_rich_from_google_services/ characterises him as "左五无毛". While this does not seems like a specific expression, and maybe is not even accurate, learning the meaning of "左五" is of interest:
YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaSlyjhR4WC7QhYuaivxb6g/videos
As mentioned at: https://medium.com/swlh/how-china-is-influencing-youtubers-into-posting-state-propaganda-db72acf18dfa:
His vlogging career is inexplicably successful. He has 385,000 subscribers on his channel, a huge amount for someone with so little time and so few videos on the platform.".
https://www.reddit.com/r/China/comments/au8az3/exscientologist_nathan_rich_is_a_convicted_felon/ mentions another interesting very strong circumstantial evidence:
His videos feature perfect Chinese in the subtitles along with Chinese video titles, meaning that he is almost certainly having these videos produced by someone else/and or a group of people. I can guarantee that based on his pronunciation of the few Chinese words he says in the video, his Chinese ability should not be anywhere close to fluent.
Sample videos:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRqcA04FtmM he says SerpentZA is a fraud "because he criticizes China".
Reception:
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https://www.zhihu.com/question/310502367 "如何评价 B 站 UP 主「NathanRich火锅大王」？" on Zhihu (知乎, censored Quora clone, 审查 Quora 克隆). TODO what is "B站UP"?
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2020-07-05 China Global Television Network (CGTN, 中国环球电视网, CCP media) approves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRK1XDlZkng "Nathan Rich: 'Hotpot King' delivering truth about HK to the world"
2020-06-01 https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3941420 "China propagandist Nathan Rich’s criminal record revealed" contains an outline of Richs criminal records, with including mugshots. Most of this was already likely known, but it gives good detail. In particular, it comments on the fact that in 2013 Beijing started to more strictly do criminal background checks for VISA applicants: https://www.china-briefing.com/news/non-criminal-record-certificate-required-for-employment-license-application-in-beijing/, and that Rich managed to get the VISA two years later nonetheless, notably including a drug trafficking charge.
白https://secure.avaaz.org/community_petitions/en/youtubers_social_commentators_anybody_interested_i_remove_youtube_user_nathan_rich_from_google_services/ characterises him as "左五无毛". While this does not seems like a specific expression, and maybe is not even accurate, learning the meaning of "左五" is of interest: