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TikTok印度熱搜榜:全民「娶老婆」運動

Teen video app TikTok is the latest battlefield in the Kashmir conflict

印度修憲終止「克什米爾」自治權、並封鎖該地網路時,其他印度社群的討論也來到高峰,主題是:克什米爾女孩。例如社群平台TikTok,隨處可見宣稱要「娶克什米爾老婆」以獲得自治區土地繼承權的影片,帶有強烈的性別歧視。這是TikTok的問題嗎?還是風向球?還是民粹的展現?


The social video app TikTok has taken off in India, but the latest crop of uploads aren't cute lip-synchs or teenagers taking on silly "challenges." Instead, TikTok has seen a flurry of clips in which men announce they're going to "marry Kashmiri girls," presumably whether they like it or not.
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The videos are linked to the escalating crisis in the contested state of Jammu and Kashmir (typically referred to simply as Kashmir). On August 5, India's president, Ram Nath Kovind, revoked Article 370 of the country's constitution … including an independent government and autonomy.
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Outside Kashmir, social media has been buzzing about Article 370, and Google searches for terms like "kashmir girl," "kashmiri girl," and "kashmiri girl pic" have spiked.
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It's not that Article 370 banned non-Kashmiris or Hindus from marrying Kashmiris, who are predominantly Muslim. But it did make it impossible for the children of such marriages to inherit land — an effort to preserve Kashmiri autonomy in the region. Without Article 370, anyone can own land there.
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That's where the search term "Kashmiri girls" comes in.
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Declarations of intent to marry Kashmiri women to "reclaim" the disputed region are popping up across a variety of social platforms, from Facebook to Twitter to the fast-growing TikTok.

完整原文:MIT Technology Review
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Kashmir 印屬喀什米爾

喀什米爾為印度自治區。1947年大英帝國統治下的英屬印度解體了,分裂成印度跟巴基斯坦兩個國家。喀什米爾地區位在強國交界,當地的居民多信奉伊斯蘭教,但是王公貴族大都信奉印度教。在印巴分治後,喀什米爾的君主哈利.辛格未能在印巴兩國間維持獨立地位,最終領土與併入印度,成為高度獨立,受到憲法保障的自治區(autonomy)。

Article 370  《印度憲法370條》

喀什米爾爭議的重要關鍵字。除了國防、外交、稅收問題外,印度憲法第370條給予查謨-喀什米爾邦得以享有比其他各邦更高的自治地位,該地區甚至擁有自己的專屬邦憲法,印度中央的各級法律推行,也還需要查-喀邦議會的同意;印度其他地區的「外邦人」,也不得於此地區置產買地或擔任公職。

spike 升到很高的數量

spike當作名詞時,意思為尖狀物,轉為動詞時,spike通常指在下跌前,某個項目突然上升至非常高的數量,在圖表上可能會顯示出一段突兀的高峰(尖鋒)。

例句:The jobless rate in October spiked to a five-year high.
         十月份的失業率上升至五年來的最高點。

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本文收錄於英語島English Island 2019年9月號
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