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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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