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Light, tasty and simple to make, egg fried rice has long been a beloved dish in China and one of most recognizable icons of Chinese cuisine around the world.

But in recent years, the popular stir-fry has become a highly sensitive subject for China’s online nationalists, especially around the months of October and November.

Emotions are running so high this week that one of the country’s most famous chefs has been forced to apologize – for making a video on how to cook the dish.

“As a chef, I will never make egg fried rice again,” Wang Gang, a celebrity chef with more than 10 million online fans, pledged in a video message on Monday.

Wang’s “solemn apology” attempted to tame a frothing torrent of criticism about the video, which was posted on Chinese social media site Weibo on November 27.

Angry nationalists accused Wang of using the video to mock the death of Mao Zedong’s eldest son, Mao Anying, who was killed in an American air strike during the Korean War on November 25, 1950.

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[–] yesman@lemmy.world 87 points 11 months ago (5 children)

There is a rumor that Mao Anying was cooking fried rice when he was killed in an airstrike and that the smoke from his cook fire betrayed his position. This is why it's a sensitive subject.

[–] ZapBeebz_@lemmy.world 49 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The really funny part of this whole thing is that I never knew about the rumor you mentioned until this whole thing happened. Streisand effect much?

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Streisand effect" implies they don't want people to know about it?

[–] narp@feddit.de 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Well, they probably didn't want me to have egg fried rice every 25. of November from now on!

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 31 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is this for real? Why is this dude's death so important to people?

This whole article left me like "wat?"

[–] TheAlbatross@lemmy.blahaj.zone 30 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Its a weird thing to publish to non-Chinese audiences in general.

To a Chinese audience, there's cultural understanding for why this would be taboo. Someone else made the analogy of uploading a video of, say, destroying two towers around the 11th of September. It's a culturally sensitive thing.

Why non-Chinese audiences should care what Chef Wang Gang cooks is beyond me. I'm not sure why multiple outlets are running this story.

Anyway, Wang Gang's videos are great, check em out.

[–] ArumiOrnaught@kbin.social 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I find this much more interesting than the big story in USA right now where a con artist is in legal trouble for being a con artist.

[–] JustZ@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

So is egg fried rice (great). Staple food at my house. Thanks for the run down.

[–] Rakonat@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

You just like saying Wang Gang, don't you?

[–] Cannacheques@slrpnk.net 1 points 11 months ago
[–] PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world 17 points 11 months ago

I suspect that it is full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.

I also suspect that they’d rather have people getting upset over fried rice than the current disease outbreak they’re having.

[–] HikingVet@lemmy.ca 16 points 11 months ago

Which is a bitch move by Winnie the pooh.

[–] ivanafterall@kbin.social 9 points 11 months ago

I heard he choked on the fried rice before the air strike even hit.