The #nnevvy war - Chinese nationalists/bots have attacked Thai society on Twitter, lost the fight, and drawn the ire of the whole online community of the Asia-Pacific region.

"It doesn’t take much to set off Chinese social media, especially when foreigners are involved. The latest spark in a tinder-dry landscape were tweets by two Thai celebrities that have ignited a battle pitting China’s keyboard warriors against a united front of Twitter users from across the Asia-Pacific region. What might at first look like a pointless spat is exposing the weaknesses of China’s propaganda efforts when they cross the firewall...

...Chinese keyboard warriors insulted the Thai king, the Thai prime minister, and dismissed the country as poor and backward.

They were surprised to find Thais did not seem to care. In fact, many were exultant to have someone else lend a hand in disparaging their government, which many Thais despise, and even their infamously thuggish king, who is far less popular than his father despite harsh lèse-majesté laws. Soon the hashtag #nnevvy, which now has over 2 million posts, was full of Thai Twitter users making self-deprecating and often hilarious memes about themselves. In response to Chinese taunts of “NMSL,” which means something like “hope your mother dies,” Thais retorted that they have 20 mothers, a reference to the Thai king’s supposed harem. Chinese users were baffled by this, and some attempted to lecture their Thai enemies on the meaning of patriotism."

https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/04/17/nn ... line-army/

Exmaples of some #nnevvy memes:

Economic hardships will make many controversies come to the surface. It’s just starting. Stay tuned for more, everywhere.