2024-01-23 08:59:00
Tourists holding Chinese flags watch YouTuber Brendan Kavanagh play the piano in a public place in London, England, on the 19th (local time). /YouTube Brendan Kavanagh
A YouTuber who was filming himself playing the piano in a public place in the UK was asked by Chinese tourists to stop filming, saying, “They don’t want their faces shown.” The pianist refused the request, saying, “This is England,” and the Chinese raised their voices and protested fiercely. The pianist’s video, which has 2.19 million YouTube channel subscribers, quickly spread, and the unreasonable demands of Chinese tourists became controversial online.
According to the British Daily Mail on the 23rd (local time), pianist and YouTuber Brendan Cavanagh played the piano at St. Pancras Station in London on the 19th. This was broadcast live on his YouTube channel.
As the exciting piano performance continued, people passing by stopped to appreciate the music and even took pictures of Cabanague. Among the visitors, there was a group of Chinese tourists holding the five-star red flag in their hands.
A Chinese tourist approaches YouTuber Brendan Kavanagh and demands that he not be filmed, calling him a “Chinese TV employee.” /YouTube Brendan Kavanagh
One of the Chinese tourists, a woman, approached Kavanagh and asked if she was on camera, saying she worked for Chinese TV. Kavanagh: “I don’t know, what’s your problem?” she asked. She said women were like, “No, no.” “We work on Chinese TV. “I can’t disclose it,” she said.
The man next to him said, “Basically, no matter what you do, our faces shouldn’t be on TV,” and “Your music was very good.” Kavanagh asked, “Then what should I do?” and the man said, “Just don’t film.” The man told Kavanagh, “It’s not your fault. “It’s our fault,” he said, but he repeatedly said, “There’s nothing we can do because it’s the law.”
Kavanagh said there was no legal problem, saying, “Because it is a public place, filming is possible.” He countered by saying, “We are in the UK, not in China.”
Brendan Kavanagh’s hand points toward the flag, but he steps back in shock following hearing a Chinese tourist yell, “Don’t touch women.” /Brendan Kavanagh
The debate dragged on. She said one of the Chinese tourists, a woman wearing a hat, said, “I’m British too,” she said. “But she doesn’t want my face in public.” Kavanagh said, “Then why are you holding the Chinese flag?” and his hand went towards the flag. Then the male Chinese tourist asked, “Why are you touching the woman? “Don’t touch her,” he screamed. Surprised, Kavanagh took a step back and said, “I touched the flag.” However, the man said, “You are not the same age as the woman. “Don’t touch it,” he shouted.
Eventually, even the police got involved. The Chinese tourist asked the male police officer to delete the video, claiming that Kavanagh had filmed them, but the police officer refused, saying, “This is a public place.” However, the female police officer asked Kavanagh to stop filming, saying, “Put down your phone.” She later even demanded that the video not be uploaded to Kavanagh’s YouTube channel.
A British police officer demands that Brendan Kavanagh not upload a video to his YouTube channel. /Brendan Kavanagh
This entire situation was broadcast live and released on Kavanagh’s YouTube channel. As of the 23rd, the number of views exceeded 3.6 million. Netizens said, “It’s pathetic that some people can be so ridiculous. “Thank you for taking a strong stance.” “You did a good job protecting freedom of speech.” “I am Chinese, but I am completely on your side. “What they did, especially the shouting man’s behavior, was ridiculous.” Also, “The female police officer broke the rules. There was also an opinion that “defending your rights is the right thing to do.”
Kavanagh appeared on Talk TV on the 22nd and said, “It is perfectly legal to film in public places in the UK, but I was called a ‘racist’ for telling tourists, ‘This is not China.’” He continued, “The British police simply softened when they heard that he was a racist.”
He said, “If I had just made the claim, people wouldn’t have believed it, and because it was broadcast live, the whole world got to see this scene,” he said. “It was a comedy full of mistakes, but it raised issues regarding foolish rules and authoritarianism, and the British culture that needs to stand up once morest them.” .
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