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One corner of China’s internet is insisting that the Tang Dynasty never existed (cnn.com)
graemep 5 minutes ago [-]
Its a Chinese equivalent of the phantom time theory https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_time_conspiracy_theory

Its just as silly as phantom time and covers almost exactly the same period. The motive is possibly racist which makes it more sinister.

sincerely 8 minutes ago [-]
A much better article about the phenomenon: https://open.substack.com/pub/ramble/p/the-tang-dynasty-was-...
deepsun 10 minutes ago [-]
> a history influencer named Qiao Yu

I assumed that any "influencer" could be easily googled, but I cannot find literally anything. Or Google censors their name?

shakna 5 minutes ago [-]
There's two characters missing from the middle of the name.

Not sure how HN's symbol stripper handles them, but here's a try:

    qiao乔于yu
curuinor 4 minutes ago [-]
probably not their actual name. if you need a search term, qiao乔于yu is better than qiao yu. better read chinese. they've long deleted the actual video, of course
deepsun 5 minutes ago [-]
Or the whole thing is an "inverse" PR, completely manufacturing the information spread, to get people interested in Tang dynasty. Conspiracy vs. conspiracy.
garbawarb 10 minutes ago [-]
If Tang Dynasties are real, why haven't I seen one?
rnd0 6 minutes ago [-]
I had Tang every day with lunch when I was a kid. But it was the seventies so there's that ...
ForOldHack 10 minutes ago [-]
They made orange drink powder for the Apollo Missions. I KID YOU NOT!
IAmGraydon 9 minutes ago [-]
bip-bop-robot 10 minutes ago [-]
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UltraSane 8 minutes ago [-]
Your comment doesn't seem to be relevant to the link at all.
ForOldHack 9 minutes ago [-]
"I firmly believe that there is an all-knowing being guiding the universe, except for certain parts of New Jersey." -Woody Allen.
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