Fragile Bard
Fragile Bard (Cantonese: 易碎君) is a YouTuber from Hong Kong now living in the United States. He went to King's College in Hong Kong. At 15, he was investigated by the Hong Kong Police Force National Security Department for his online posts making fun of Xi Jinping and the Chinese Communist Party. The police took his computer and phone.[2]
| Fragile Bard | |
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| Personal information | |
| Born | |
| Nationality |  Hong Kong |
| YouTube information | |
| Channels | |
| Location | Greater Los Angeles Area |
| Years active | December 17, 2022 – present |
| Genre | Politics (focused on Xi Jinping satire culture) |
| Subscribers | Fragile Items Chronicle: 10,000+ Joku Itsurou: 540[1] (December 2, 2024) |
| Total views | Fragile Items Chronicle: 576,669 Joku Itsurou: 135,459[1] (December 2, 2024) |
| Associated acts | Ruters, Chen Yu-zhen, FunTV (Ba Jiong) |
Last updated: December 2, 2024 | |
He shares his opinions on YouTube and Discord. His name comes from the song "Fragile", which talks about how sensitive Little Pink and ultranationalist groups are to criticism.[3]
History
changeIn 2021, Fragile Bard started high school and took the "Citizenship and Social Development" course. This inspired him to make jokes about Xi Jinping online.[2][4]
In February 2022, five police officers searched his home and questioned him about his YouTube account and its links to Ruters. They took his devices and pressured him to name others in Ruters.[5][2]
In August 2022, he left Hong Kong with his brother’s help. After arriving in the U.S., he was detained for over three months but eventually got legal residency. His family later moved to the United Kingdom.[6]
In March 2024, he helped a 14-year-old boy, Ah-Loong who faced doxxing for creating an anti-communist group on Roblox. The boy got asylum in Canada with Fragile Bard’s help.[7]
In September 2024, he started university in the U.S., studying computers. He also helps others like Yuen Hong Tam, who joined the Great Translation Movement and sought asylum in the U.S.[8]
Fragile Bard continues to support Hong Kong democracy, takes part in campaigns, and hopes to return to Hong Kong if it becomes free.[9]
Fragile Bard joined an international campaign supporting the "47 Pro-Democracy Activists Case" and shared that one of the defendants was his classmate’s father from Hong Kong. After the verdict, his classmate called him, upset and frustrated. Fragile Bard said, "My friend is just a teenager, and his father only wanted to help the community. What did they do wrong to deserve being separated for so many years?" He criticized the government, saying it wasn’t just punishing the 45 people on trial but also silencing the many citizens who voted in the primary election and wanted fair representation. He called it a direct attack on democracy.[10]
References
change- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "About Fragile Items Chronicle". YouTube.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "15-Year-Old Hong Kong Teen Satirized Xi Jinping, Faced Political Persecution, and Sought Asylum in the U.S." FTV News (in Chinese). 2024-02-23.
- ↑ "Column | Online Gaming: Hong Kong Teenager Fragile Bard, Little Winnie Bear, and Freedom of Speech (2)". Radio Free Asia (in Chinese). 2024-04-10.
- ↑ "Hong Kong Teen Fragile Bard, Winnie the pooh, and Freedom of Speech (1)" (in Chinese).
- ↑ "流亡美國香港少年開始就讀大學 沒帶仇怨誓要活好每一天". www.voacantonese.com. Retrieved 2024-09-26.
- ↑ "Escaping the New Hong Kong: The Struggle and Exile of Fragile Bard Under the National Security Law | Education Series | CommonsHK" (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). 2024-01-06. Retrieved 2024-09-21.
- ↑ "Cyber Games: Hong Kong Teen Allegedly Doxxed for Creating Anti-CCP Roblox Group Seeks Political Asylum in Canada" (in Chinese).
- ↑ "Hong Kong Participant of the "Great Translation Movement" Seeks Political Asylum in the U.S."
- ↑ "Primary Election 47 Case｜Owen Chow, Helena Wong, Tiffany Yuen, and Winnie Yu Appeal as UK, US, Canada, Taiwan, and Hong Kongers Hold Relay Rallies in Solidarity".
- ↑ "47 Pro-Democracy Activists Case | Chau Ka-sing, Wong Pik-wan, Yeung Suet-ying, and Yu Wai-ming Appeal – Support Rallies Held by People from the UK, US, Canada, Taiwan, and Hong Kong".