A Chinese livestreaming star has apologized after being detained for the way she sang the Chinese national anthem on a live broadcast on Oct. 7,…
A Chinese livestreaming star has apologized after being detained for the way she sang the Chinese national anthem on a live broadcast on Oct. 7, according to BBC.
Yang Kaili, 20, known as Li Ge, was followed by over 44 million people on her Huya account — a Chinese version of Twitch.tv — before she was taken into custody for flailing her arms to the national anthem in a manner authorities saw as disrespectful.
Since the livestream, in which Li Ge waved her arms to mimic a conductor during the first verse of the anthem, Huya permanently banned Yang from the platform. Huya since released a statement saying, “Huya has decided to ban her channel. We are committed to spreading positive energy and… safeguarding the dignity of the national anthem,” after confirming that, in its view, Yang had violated the National Anthem Law.
