[Podcast] Chinese nationalists call for Matrix boycott after Keanu Reeves joins Dalai Lama-associated concert

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Canadian actor and director Keanu Reeves speaks at a press conference for his 2013 movie “Man of Taichi” in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. Wu Huang/Reuters

Keanu Reeves will appear at the annual benefit concert for Tibet House US, a New York-based nonprofit organization founded at the request of the Dalai Lama. Reeves is part Chinese and a Hollywood heartthrob, but that isn’t protecting him from the ire of angry Chinese social media users.

Read the article by Jiayun Feng:  https://thechinaproject.com/2022/01/21/chinese-nationalists-call-for-matrix-boycott-after-keanu-reeves-joins-dalai-lama-associated-concert/

Narrated by Rosie Weng.

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