{"id":1117368,"date":"2021-12-14T09:59:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-14T14:59:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1117368"},"modified":"2021-12-14T09:59:05","modified_gmt":"2021-12-14T14:59:05","slug":"chinese-embassy-puts-out-bizarre-song-attacking-american-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-embassy-puts-out-bizarre-song-attacking-american-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese Embassy Puts Out Bizarre Song Attacking American Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchinese-embassy-puts-out-bizarre-song-attacking-american-democracy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1117368&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/xhds-e1639411785600-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The Chinese Embassy in France has put out a song attacking American democracy, in a move that has sparked confusion and mockery online.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese embassy in France has become embroiled in an online storm of puzzlement and mockery after it uploaded a video mocking American democracy to its social media.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Titled \u201cIt is Ameri-cracy!\u201d, the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmbassadeChine\/status\/1469314982424846343\">video<\/a> stars a woman and an entourage of musical-instrument-playing cartoon animals, all singing about how the United States is bad and hypocritical.<\/p>\n<p>During the song \u2014 which is a parody of the <a href=\"https:\/\/folksong.org.nz\/soon_may_the_wellerman\/index.html\">Wellerman<\/a>, a recently viral New-Zealander sea shanty \u2014 the cartoon animals denounce the US as being a country where \u201cmoney talks\u201d, with the chorus calling for a \u201cdemocracy of our own\u201d that reflects \u201cculture, will and soul\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The video has been panned online, with many mocking the production for its bizarre framing and stilted lyrics.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Other comments under the video simply took the opportunity to remind China that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/12\/13\/reuters-biden-censored-taiwan-map-at-digital-authoritarianism-panel-on-purpose\/\">Taiwan<\/a> is a country, as well as post pictures of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/06\/04\/microsoft-bing-censors-tank-man-images-on-tiananmen-anniversary\/\">Tiananmen Square<\/a> protests and Xi Jingping lookalike,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/11\/23\/viewers-find-winnie-the-pooh-symbol-of-chinese-anti-communism-in-peng-shuai-selfie\/\">Winnie the Pooh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.9824561403509\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It is Ameri-cracy! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bacJZLSgJu\">pic.twitter.com\/bacJZLSgJu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ambassade de Chine en France (@AmbassadeChine) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AmbassadeChine\/status\/1469314982424846343?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 10, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While the video \u2014 in which a sunglasses-wearing snow leopard makes the <a href=\"https:\/\/emojipedia.org\/sign-of-the-horns\/\">sign<\/a> of the horns while playing electric guitar \u2014 went viral after being posted by the Chinese embassy, the video seems to originate from a Chinese media agency.<\/p>\n<p>The video appears to originate from the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kmmU6B8ifD8&amp;t=138s\">Deer Show<\/a>\u201c, a news satire show along the lines of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2021\/10\/25\/john-oliver-attacks-cops-threatening-to-quit-over-vaccine-mandates-fing-let-them\/\">Last Week Tonight with John Oliver<\/a>\u201c, which is published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2020\/09\/29\/chinese-state-media-publishes-blackie-cartoon-prove-us-is-racist\/\">Xinhua News<\/a>, China\u2019s official state-run press agency.<\/p>\n<p>Along with targeting American democracy, the English-language show has previously covered topics such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JU7m9IZV1Dw\">lab-leak<\/a> theory and the US <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mjz0EOxD3tU\">withdrawal<\/a> from Afghanistan.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.9352941176471\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Le Belt und Road: EU Launches \u20ac300 Billion Investment Scheme to Take on Communist China <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/j4OGKsiyoC\">https:\/\/t.co\/j4OGKsiyoC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1466764406088515585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 3, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While Deer Show seems to dedicate a lot of its time to bashing the United States, its use of music to do so is far from unique, with Chinese media outlets having repeatedly put out music and raps attacking America in the past.<\/p>\n<p>One recent example is a track put out by rap group \u201cCD Rev\u201d titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/08\/19\/rand-paul-stars-chinese-rap-video-accusing-us-starting-coronavirus-pandemic\/\">Drop the Beat! OPEN THE DOOR TO FORT DETRICK<\/a>!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The rap, which was praised by propaganda outlet&nbsp;the&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em>,&nbsp;backs a Chinese conspiracy theory that the actual origin of the Wuhan Coronavirus is a US Army Facility located in Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>Another song put out in recent years by China titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/national-security\/2019\/05\/21\/china-rolls-out-viral-trade-war-song-anti-american-lyrics\/\">Trade War<\/a>!\u201d focused on the ongoing China-US trade war.<\/p>\n<p>The song, which is a re-work of another patriotic anthem from the 60s, boldly declares that China is ready to beat any would-be enemy \u201cout of his wits!\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, these two examples do not quite capture the unoriginality of the Deer Show song, as not only is the song not the first time China has used music to mock the US, it isn\u2019t the first time a version of the Wellerman was used to mock American politicians.<\/p>\n<p>A video titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mLmboWxMmas\">Obama sings the Wellerman Sea Shanty with friends<\/a>\u201c, uploaded in February of this year, features a deep-faked Trump, Obama, Biden and Bernie Sanders all singing along to the New-Zealander tune as a ship sails about in the background.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chinese Embassy in France has put out a song attacking American democracy, in a move that has sparked confusion and mockery online. 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