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Witness History: Sister Lotus - early Chinese online star

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Sister Lotus - early Chinese online star

20/06/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Witness History, Sister Lotus - early Chinese online star

Sister Lotus was an unlikely online celebrity because she was famous for being ordinary.

Sister Lotus got attention, and criticism, when she started expressing herself in China's fledgling online community.

Sister Lotus was an early online celebrity in China.  She first became famous in 2004 after posting pictures of herself on China's early social media sites.
But she was a slightly unlikely star because she became famous not for being exceptional, but for being very ordinary.  She has been speaking to Yashan Zhao about the online bullying she experienced and how she got through it.

(Photo: Sister Lotus in a park near Peking University 2003. Credit: Sister Lotus)

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