From KDS:
A 1997 Japanese song has plagiarized our 2010 World Expo theme song!
Japan is so shameless, actually plagiarizing our 2010 World Expo theme song!
Don’t believe it? Compare the two songs below:
This is also spreading on the popular Chinese social network Kaixin001.
Comments from KDS:
老帮瓜:
Japanese people are very shameless~
Taishukan:
LZ knows too much.
花生酱尼桑:
Having never heard the World Expo theme song, what kind of person am I?
John_wu:
Who plagiarized who? LZ, figure it out and then report back.
闹弄踏瘪 特:
[Responding to the above comment]
You are not too suited for going on the internet.
古月 SIR:
Japan has always been a low-class country that only knows how to plagiarize. Aside from plagiarism, what else can they produce?
黑色口罩:
The S/B Hui jokes are just beginning.
[世博会 = shi bo hui = World Expo. Shi Bo = SB = SB = a new nickname and joke for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo]
小 光头:
And the Americans plagiarized our Haibao [The 2010 Shanghai World Expo mascot]!
[When Haibao was revealed, a Chinese person noticed that it looked like a cartoon character on the old American television show, "Growing Pains". That character was Gumby.]
蛋 你个头啊:
I listened to it closely several times, and it is basically the exact same, except for the 2010 being played/sung slower only.
无 敌怪叔叔:
When the Japanese go visit the World Expo and hear this song…sigh, it will be so embarrassing.
In Japan, Mayo Okamoto [the Japanese singer] is a relatively well-known singer, many people know her [so this will be a big scandal for her].
摳 粑粑:
Will the Japanese news broadcast it?
susu229:
Sigh. Such a loss of face. Holding the World Expo just once and can’t even make a song, might as well go die.
侬 要稳老:
Cupware, once again we are going to be despised by Little Japan, knowing that Japanese people are the most enthusiastic towards the World Expo.
lysin:
Too shameless…truly too shameless, even riding a time machine to 2010 to steal the World Expo theme song…I truly can’t watch any further…
2010 April 18 Update: Use of this theme song has been “temporarily suspended” by the government.
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