As it was not enough starting off their career as the face of plastic surgery for a certain clinic in China, SNSD are paving their road for fame and love in China promptly! The following is the article regarding SNSD on a Chinese Newspapers that we got our hands on it ^^ Enjoy!
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SNSD is a new girlband introduced by South Korean company SM Entertainment. This girlband which debut 1 year ago has attracted many fans who love and support them. However, despite the support they get from fans, they also have many antis. Why is this so?
The plastic surgery issue
Since debut, many fans have pointed out that they have all underwent plastic surgery, and these fans even picked out their before-and-after surgery pictures for comparison. Netizens revealed that the plastic surgery they have done include [I don't know the professional/medical terms for these operations, unfortunately or fortunately. XD] shrinking the sides of their noses, pushing up their nose bridges and nose tips, (there's one type of sugery here, but I don't know what it is), having double eyelids, sharpening cheekbones, orthodontic treatment etc. All the plastic surgery is a huge discount for their overall image (basically it negatively impacts their image.)
Incident whereby banners were torn; fans unite to protest
Dream Concert 2008, which was held on June 7 at Seoul Olympic Stadium attracted more than 50,000 fans, but only 35,000 seats were prepared. This overwhelming response is due to the fact that it was a free performance. SNSD fans tore Super Junior's and TVXQ's banners in order to fight/compete for more seats. 20 minutes into the performances, the concert had to be halted/stopped for about 30 minutes. When it was time for SNSD's performance, the "Silent Treatment" by the fans of Super Junior, TVXQ, Wonder Girls and SS501 etc occured. During SNSD's performance, most of the fans turned off their glowsticls, and most of the stadium was silent for about 10 minutes, as a form of boycotting and showing their displeasure.
Rude to seniors (sunbaes); Offended artistes from the same management company
To SNSD, Super Junior and TVXQ are considered seniors (sunbaes). However, according to some fans, SNSD members once said something insulting about Donghae's parents, and even mocked him for being an orphan. Besides, SNSD fans also united to mass-search the phrase "TVXQ Sexual Harrassment" on Naver search engine, making this the "most popular search term", and negatively affecting TVXQ's reputation. Many (SNSD?) fans have extreme behaviour.
Saying that Taiwan is a country; making many furious
[I am not sure of the background of the whole China-Taiwan issue, but China believes Taiwan is part of China, whereas Taiwan believes they are independent of China. So, most Chinese refuse to acknowledge Taiwan as a country. Even UN doesn't acknowledge Taiwan, if I am not wrong. However, with the new Taiwanese president, Ma Ying Jiou, who is willing to talk to the Chinese government regarding this issue, I am not sure how things will turn out eventually.]
In an interview, when SNSD got to know that they have many fans in Taiwan (province), they seemed very happy and leader Kim Taeyeon said "Taiwan is a country that we long for."
This sentence immediately resulted in backlash from netizens, who feel that their words make people infuriated, and these netizens have called for others to boycott SNSD. SNSD seems to be following the path of Rainie Yang (a Taiwanese singer and actress who also said something controversial regarding the bilateral ties between China and Taiwan)
Disrespect for fans; Results in more scoldings/negative remarks
Not long ago, the news that SNSD throws their fans' letters into the rubbish bins had spread around, and this news was even accompanied by pictures. Apparently some fans had sneaked/filtrated into the resting rooms of their idols, and realised that SNSD had left. But they found fans' letters in the rubbish bins, resulting in more negative remarks regarding SNSD's behaviour.
SNSD is currently a very hot topic on the net, but what is hot are the criticisms that netizens have for SNSD. Netizens have even gathered anti-fans, formed and set-up their anti-fanclubs. This is an open display of their stand against SNSD, and it is easy to find negative news articles regarding SNSD and anti-SNSD remarks. On this path filled with criticisms and negative comments, SNSD, how are you going to go on?
Source: http://tieba.baidu.com/f?kz=447404784
Translation for STAND: Tangera
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