little pink

plural little pinks

1. alternativeAlternative form of Little Pink.

   One aspect of that thinking is that 'even little pinks can be feminist.'

   2021, Wei Rong, William Luo, Haitian Liu, Contemporary China Review (2021 Summer Issue), page 159

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   Little pinks abandoned the orthodox concept of traditional patriotism that regards the state as a parent or other sublime object, thinking of the country as an idol in the entertainment consumer culture, and expecting to participate in the idol's construction and cultivation process. This nationalism can be called "fandom nationalism."

   2019, Hailong Liu, Propaganda: Ideas, Discourses and its Legitimization

   Yang Guobin notes a similar evolution when he describes the shift from initial enthusiasm about "netizens" (wangmin) who spoke out about issues of social injustice to an Internet that has become flooded by government-controlled astroturfers such as “50 centers” and “little pinks”.

   2019, Sebastian Veg, Minjian: The Rise of China’s Grassroots Intellectuals

2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see little, pink.

   This elegant little pink is an old inhabitant of the gardens, having been first introduced in 1759, but it is still rare, being met with only in a few curious collections, although few plants are better suited to ornament rockwork.

   1838, Robert Sweet, The British Flower Garden

plural Little Pinks · alternative little pink

1. A nationalist supporter of the Chinese Communist Party who expresses such views on the 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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   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