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“Piss on Trump” Opens Up Much Needed Debates on Individual Rights Among Vietnamese

Quynh-Vi Tran by Quynh-Vi Tran
13 November 2017
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In the late night of November 11, 2017, I saw the picture of Vietnamese singer Mai Khoi, a pro-democracy artist who has been dubbed “the Vietnamese Lady Gaga” by Western media in the past two years, holding a sign saying, “Piss on you, Trump” where the word “peace” was crossed out and written over by “piss”.

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Quynh-Vi Tran

Quynh-Vi Tran

She's the managing editor of The Vietnamese Magazine. With a background in law and journalism, she covers criminal justice, freedom of expression, and human rights in general.

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