Fang Fang, a Chinese novelist living in Wuhan, wrote a diary during the Wuhan lock-down. She wanted to publish her diary in Chinese, but no publisher would take it because of political concerns. Then she published it in English as Wuhan Diary. The diary recorded her life and did not have a strong message against the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). However, many Chinese, led by the some CCP loyalists, criticized Fang Fang for being a traitor and defaming China.
These people not only bullied Fang Fang, but also any people supporting Fang Fang. Thus Fang Fang called these Internet perpetrators “Internet Hooligans.”
#1: Deutsche Welle reported that in April, several professors supporting Fang Fang were reported for political problems.
Professor Liang Yanping of Hubei University wrote an article to support Wuhan Diary. Fang Fang reposted the article. Some netizens dug out Professor Liang’s past posting on Weibo and claimed that she supported Hong Kong Independence (a bad action in the eyes of the Chinese people). This led to Hubei University’s setting up an investigation group to inquire into her case.
Poet Wang Xiaoni, a retired professor from Hainan University, wrote an article related to Liang Yanping and Fang Fang reposted the article. Then some people targeted Wang and claimed that she supported Taiwan Independence (another totally unacceptable deed to Chinese) and Hong Kong Independence. Hainan University said that they also formed an investigation group to look into her speeches.
The Internet bully also called out other Fang Fang supporters, including Liu Chuan’e, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Hubei University, Tan Banghe, Deputy Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Central China Normal University, and Jing Ya, Professor of Nanchang University. (Deutsche Welle)
#2: Recently, Lao Lishi, a former Olympic Diving Champion, has been running an online store. She received many curses for reposting one of Fang Fang’s Weibo posts. Fang Fang’s Weibo was in remembrance of the death of a nurse from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region who came to Wuhan during the coronavirus pandemic; and her Weibo was just quoting a Xinhua article.
This time, Lao fought back against the Internet bully. She posted, “I was accused of various things because of reposting a Weibo post. Some accused me of lacking education, some accused me of being brain retarded, some accused me of lacking judgment, some accused me of supporting evil, and some accused me of having no conscience. Ha ha, I am very happy because I have not lived the way you like. If I had to live the way you like, I’d rather jump off a ten-meter platform into a pool without water.” (Back China)
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1. Excerpt in Chinese:
湖北大学教授梁艳萍发文声援方方后被校方调查。新浪新闻本周援引湖北大学官方微博账号称，”关于网友反映我校文学院教师梁艳萍在其个人社交平台发布有关不当言论一事，学校高度重视，已经成立了调查组，正在进行深入调查，将视调查情况依纪依规进行严肃处理。”
梁艳萍此前曾撰文《直面对冲，迎头相撞是方方》，对备受关注的”方方日记”表示支持。方方在微博转发了这篇文章后，梁艳萍此后被网民起底。根据香港《苹果日报》报道，有网民根据她过往微博指梁艳萍支持港独，要求校方对她进行处理。但也有网民认为，梁艳萍的言论并无太大不妥，指部份网民在大搞文字狱。梁艳萍随后删去相关言论及转发的文章，不过相关截屏流传网络。
事件的继续发展引发了另外一名退休高校教师遭到起底。本周一（4月27日）上海媒体《新民周刊》官微发文《梁艳萍，我们来扒你了》，其中写道”中国对于言论管控是宽松的，不然方方早被收拾了…宽松的环境能让更多人被揪出来…”。
台湾中央社报道指出，由于《新民周刊》作风向来较开明，这篇文章引发大批网友的批评。当晚《新民周刊》官微发文称”小编已换”。海南大学退休教授、诗人王小妮在微博发评论称”我想新民周刊犯什么病了，刚刚声明小编已换”。方方转发王小妮的发文后，王小妮成为网军锁定的下一个目标，被指曾在2014年转发台湾太阳花学运、香港占中的图文，被指挺台独、港独，她的一些发文还被指控侮辱毛泽东。相关言论被截屏转发，王小妮已经清空其微博账号。多家中国媒体转发海南大学官方微博昨天（4月30日）发表声明称，针对网友反映该校已退休教师王小妮个人微博发表不当言论的问题，学校已成立专项工作组对相关情况进行核查。
中央社报道指出，近期多名被方方在微博点赞的大学学者被网军锁定起底，翻找其过去发文内容有无不当言论。除了王小妮和梁艳萍之外，被网军点名的还有湖北大学文学院院长刘川鄂、华中师范大学文学院副院长谭邦和、南昌大学教授静娅等等。
处在舆论漩涡的中心方方本周五（5月1日）在微博上转发一段文字：”人性扭曲的时代，任何只言片语都可以被断章取义，成为罗织罪名的口实。现今，因一本书、一条微博和微信朋友圈里的某几句话，不合一些人口味，就遭到群体性的大揭发和网上施暴。”方方表示，这些网上施暴者”叫得好听一点是’网扒手’，难听一点就是’网络流氓’。”
Source: Deutsche Welle, May 1, 2020
https://www.dw.com/zh/挺方方不行多名学者发声后遭起底/a-53302738
2. Excerpt in Chinese:
劳丽诗这个名字也许很多人不熟悉。其实，她和刘翔、张怡宁等人一样，都曾是我们这代人的偶像。 作为一名跳水运动员，她得过世锦赛、世界杯、奥运会的冠军。举国体制下的荣誉光环，足以让劳丽诗一生都承载着足够的爱国重量。
然而，她仅仅因为转发了一条方方微博，就引来网上喷子漫天攻击谩骂。值得强调的是，方方那条微博，全部内容也只是新华社的文章链接，而新华社那篇文章，正是报道援鄂护士梁小霞去世的消息。
不妨仔细看看，只要有起码的常识，也都会明白，转发国社关于梁小霞去世的消息，是因为心存感恩，是为了寄托哀思！
这样事实说明，哪怕就是一个国家英雄，哪怕是怀揣善良正义，如果不小心碰到方方摸过的那张多米诺骨牌，随之就会产生连带效应，可以压倒一切由良知、公正、自由组成的堤坝！ 这样尴尬惨烈的现实，正在驱使着无数人不敢表达爱，不敢表达恨，只能去做沉默的大多数。 还 好，有劳丽诗挺身而出，无畏大战脑残！
“因为转发条微博，被各种指责，有指责我读书少的、有指责我脑子进水的、有指责我是非不分的、有指责我蛇鼠一窝的、有指责我没良心的，哈哈哈，突然很开心，因为没有活成你们喜欢的样子，要是活成你们这些人赞美的样子，我立马从十米台跳下，跳水池没水的那种。”
Source: Back China, May 29, 2020
https://www.backchina.com/news/2020/05/29/691138.html