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Young, angry, and more often than not female, a new generation of keyboard warriors dubbed the " Little Pink" has won the admiration of China’ s Communist leaders for targeting their nationalist rage at anyone who they believe has slighted their country.
Y oung, angry, and more often than not female, a new generation of keyboard warriors dubbed the “Little Pink” has won the admiration of China’s Communist leaders for targeting their nationalist rage at anyone who they believe has slighted their country.
Their fanaticism has seen them likened to the “ Red Guards ”, the ultra-obedient students who helped Mao Tse-tung wage his Cultural Revolution .
This week, the activists – who got their name from an online chat group called Jinjiang Forum, which has a pink website – turned this new wave of jingoism on an overseas student and an actress.

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