Loosely united by the common animus against the Chinese Communist Party and certain oppressive or
ignorant elements ingrained in the Chinese culture itself (aka. Zhixing, 支性), members of the Chinese-speaking subreddit ChonglangTV share their thoughts, jokes, and
popular videos, which of course could be NSFW, to cope with the cruelty of the present-
day world.
The sub's name is derived from the famous Japanese painting The Great Wave off Kanagawa, and Chonglang is a Chinese phrase that means surfing. Members often refer to themselves as 浪人 (
lit. Ronin), 神友 (
lit. Friend of Kanagawa), or 鼠人 (
lit. Ratman, because they empathize with rats). Naturally, members of this sub show great fondness of Japan and seek to emigrate from China.
More often than not, they would take on a playfully sarcastic tone, hoping to achieve what is known as 节目效果 (
lit. theatrical effects), as opposed to Pincong (品葱), a Chinese dissident site that offers serious discourse on Chinese and to a lesser extent global political affairs of drastically varying quality. Tankies/
CCP simps of r/gendezong and r/sino, as well as the pseudo-moderate majority of r/china_irl are despised and ridiculed in equal measure. They
don't take other kinds of cringe too kindly either.
Zhang Xianzhong (张献忠), a brutal peasant-turned-warlord during the end of Ming Dynasty is the most frequently discussed figure. A recent infighting about
mod policies resulted in the formation of
sister subs such as r/CLTV and r/ChonglangZedong.
Hey look! Another eunuch from r/china_irl graces ChonglangTV with their most refined comment!
- Just another holier-than-thou Gaohua as usual lol. Let's downvote his ass into
oblivion. Where do you think today's Xianzhong event is gonna happen btw?
Better be at the Tiananmen
Square.