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Little Pink en · NOUN

Etymology

Calque from Chinese 小粉紅／小粉红 (xiǎofěnhóng). Compare pinko.

Meanings

1. A nationalist supporter of the Chinese Communist Party who expresses such views on the internet.
   • According to People's Daily, the party newspaper, these Little Pinks were born between 1992 and 1998, are 57.9 percent female, and are interested in entertaining media contents, such as celebrities, music, and travel. 2018, Luwei Rose Luqiu, Propaganda, Media, and Nationalism in Mainland China and Hong Kong, page 20:
   • In this respect, the CYL defended the Little Pinks and attacked public intellectuals who criticized patriotic netizens. 2020, Shaohua Guo, The Evolution of the Chinese Internet:
   • The Diba Expedition gave birth to a new breed of cybernationalists and populists—the Little Pinks. 2022, Guobin Yang, The Wuhan Lockdown:

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