Netflix series "Culinary Class Wars: culinary class wars" season 2 has sparked a craze overseas, and some Chinese netizens have again begun "peeking," causing controversy.
On China's largest review site Douban, a review page for "Culinary Class Wars2" has already been created, and as of the morning of the 23rd there were about 70 reviews and about 370 people had participated in the ratings.
Because Netflix is not officially available in China, it appears that people watched "Culinary Class Wars2" illegally and then left reviews.
During the previous "Culinary Class Wars" season 1, a review page was also created on Douban, and at that time there were about 9,500 reviews and about 23,000 people participated in the ratings.
In particular, Tencent's OTT platform Tencent Video released a cooking competition show that copied "Culinary Class Wars," titled 一封神 (Yifeng Fengshen), which caused a major controversy.
Professor Seo Kyoung-duk of Sungshin Women's University pointed out, "At the time Netflix also said it had never sold the rights to China, which clearly revealed the seriousness of China's 'content copying' problem."
The professor criticized, "Now 'illegal viewing' has become commonplace in China," adding, "what is more astonishing is that they feel no shame whatsoever."
He warned, "Now is the time for Chinese authorities to step up," saying, "they must carry out intensive crackdowns on their citizens' illegal activities and take measures to ensure this never happens again."
[Photo] Provided by Netflix / captured from Douban
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