"YouTuber's Revenge for 'Chinese Disrupting Performance,' Reveals Forbidden Dolls and Words"

Holding a Winnie the Pooh Doll, Shouting 'Cheonanmun'

A pianist YouTuber who got into a scuffle after being asked by Chinese tourists to 'stop filming' while playing the piano in a public place has succeeded in a 'cruel revenge.' He appeared carrying a Winnie the Pooh doll and a framed picture, even mentioning the 'Tiananmen Square incident,' which is taboo in China.

Brendan Kavana, a British YouTuber and pianist with 2.19 million subscribers, posted a video on his official YouTube channel on the 28th (local time). In the video, he wore a black hoodie and sunglasses, holding a Winnie the Pooh doll and a framed picture. He also appeared in front of the camera alongside a Chinese immigrant living in the UK.

Kavana said, "I don't want to get involved in politics," but added, "If the Communist Party tries to stop me from playing the 'Boogie Woogie' song, I have no choice but to get serious," explaining the reason for posting the video.

Video posted on Brendan Cabana's YouTube channel
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He then declared, "We have Winnie the Pooh, there are people from the Chinese community, and I know what happened at Tiananmen Square. You have failed. Because we have all the means to defeat the Communist Party."

Kavana's remarks appear to indirectly mock the Chinese Communist Party's information control. Winnie the Pooh is commonly used as an internet meme satirizing Chinese President Xi Jinping. Because of this, it is very sensitive in China, and Pooh-related media content is sometimes unexpectedly censored. Meanwhile, the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident remains taboo within China, and the authorities strictly control all information related to the event.

On the 19th, while playing the 'Boogie Woogie' song at London's St Pancras Station, Kavana was asked by Chinese tourists to 'stop filming.' Kavana responded, "This is a public place, and I have permission to film," but the woman repeatedly demanded the filming stop, saying, "No, no. We work for Chinese TV."

The scuffle between the two sides was eventually resolved with police intervention. The situation was live-streamed on YouTube through Kavana's camera and quickly surpassed 3.6 million views. Some netizens sent messages of support to Kavana, saying, "Thank you for protecting freedom of speech in the UK," "You were absolutely right," and "Stay strong."