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Charmaine Sheh’s IG Post About Team China At The Olympics Gets Her Hate From Hongkong Netizens… & Love From The Chinese

Social media has become a real minefield these days.

Social media has become a real minefield these days.

Social media has become a real minefield these days.

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Another day, another controversy on what a celeb said — or didn’t say — about the Olympics.

This time, online trolls have turned on Hongkong actress Charmaine Sheh, who posted a collage of Team China at the Olympics.

The 46-year-old wrote: “Success is the sum of efforts and perseverance. These stunning photos speak for themselves. Am so touched and proud! Keep it up!”

Her show of support for Team China athletes has gotten very different reactions online.

Hongkong netizens were upset, to say the least, at the star.

“Glad to know that you’ve completely given up your pride just to earn Chinese money,” seethed one netizen, while another accused her of forgetting she's from Hongkong because she hasn't written single word of congratulations for
1 of 1 Charmaine's Weibo bio

Netizens also discovered that Charmaine has changed her Weibo description from 'Hongkong actress to “Chinese Hongkong actress”.

Chinese netizens, on the other hand, have been singing Charmaine’s praises, with one netizen calling her “a beauty that loves her motherland” and another saying that the actress “is a star worthy of us spending our money on”.

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Photos: PBE Media

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