An analysis of an online article written by Djanlissa Pringles published on the VICE website (originally on VICE Netherlands) on the 8th of February, 2024.
The article starts off by explaining to the reader the back story of how Chinese children came to be adopted by international parents, but at the same time sets a more sombre tone with the context of China having a one-child policy, child trafficking and abandonment.
COURTESY OF XIANGXIA VAN DEN HAM / VICE NEWS
The article then goes on to dig into how this event progressed on into what it is today and the actual opinions of those children that were a product of this ordeal, and are :
“Reckoning with the impact of being raised in a social and cultural context so far removed from their birth country.”
Starting the article off with strong context to educate the reader, immediately informs them that this is nonfiction and the author’s technique of putting the concluded result of the topic in the title yet not addressing it until later and carefully explaining the series of events while leading it up to today makes the audience more inclined to read more while also being educated about what had caused these children to have foreign parents and be grown apart from their birth country.
Then lastly, it goes into how these abandoned children are now living their lives, how this has impacted them and what it is like to be estranged from their own culture, also links a further piece about a documentary made with Xiangxia but doesn’t explain in detail, to leave people wondering.
Follow us as we watch this story unfold. Updates every ten minutes.
2:30PM
X (Formerly known as twitter) user River Watcher @thamestweets makes claims that a plane has landed in the River Thames.
[UPDATE] 2:40PM
This has been verified by emergency services, as they rush to the scene. With support from Kent & Essex emergency services also, they do their best to try and rescue passengers on board
Tower Bridge, London, UK
[UPDATE] 2:50PM
London City Airport confirm that they have lost contact. with flight US132 at 2:31pm. The flight had just taken off from London City airport intended to land in Amsterdam.
The pilot had reported an engine failure, with little power to return to the original airport, plans to ditch in water went ahead instead.
[UPDATE] 3:00PM
Officers now arrive at the scene, RNLI lifeboat from Gravesend has now arrived with another from Southend on the way, with passengers moving onto wings and into life rafts at front doors.
Lifeboat arriving at the scene.
[UPDATE] 3:10PM
X (Formerly known as twitter) Nadine Johnson @Nadine63287412 is the first user to report from the scene, saying; OMFG! Did not expect to spend my birthday standing on the wing of a plane in the middle of the Thames. The pilot is a total legend for getting us down in one piece. Accompanied by picture of RSPB reserve building from the river.
Wide panoramic view to the modern skyline of London, United Kingdom, along the Thames river during sunset time
[UPDATE] 3:20PM
One of the first passengers that managed to exit the aircraft safely.
The first set of passengers have been brought on to shore on life rafts towed in by RNLI. Essex ambulance crews are now starting medical checks. US airways staff say that 2 out of the 42 passengers are being treated now for minor injuries.
[UPDATE] 3:30PM
Essex police say they are proud to be able to help out at the scene. “We are providing passengers with food and drinks after their ordeal, as well as phones and WiFi to contact relatives. Can’t believe everyone got out alive.”
City Hall and the Shard at sunset, London. Landscape format.
[UPDATE] 4:00PM
Its reported that all passengers and crew now ashore after being evacuated from the plane. One passenger take to Queens Hospital, Romford with suspected heart attack, and arrangements for other passengers to be taken home are being made. Original reports of birdstrike, but initial examination of engines of #Thamesplane has found drone debris. Work now underway to recover aircraft for @AAIB. The passenger who suffered a suspected heart attack was kept in hospital for observation, but was released that evening; they had suffered indigestion, not a heart problem.
Over the years, London has seen itself change massively in terms of its aesthetic, and has been mocked for supposedly wanting to be like New York City with its high rise buildings and penthouses.
Elephant & Castle’s residential area, just a five minute walk from its infamously gentrified roundabout
Pictured here is St Georges road, located a five minute walk from E&C’s popular roundabout and main road. However, it seems that this area is heavily surrounded by communities and the homes of the people that were here maybe before the South London area decided to make a drastic change for good.
It’s not as if these industrial changes and new wave of residents are massively far apart from the communal and residential areas are far apart from each other. In fact they are a couple minutes apart, and if you do go a few bus stop rides down the road from the bustling roundabout, you will find yourself the true representation of what E&C actually is.
An estate placed in front of a new high rise.
Community, togetherness and old heritage is what is slipping away right in front of our eyes. Pictured here is a tower block, cemented right in the heart of Elephant and Castle, which has been here for what seems many years, However right behind these flats is a new building with a fresh and more modern design, a design we are starting to notice and become familiar with all around London. Out with the old style, in with the new.
Old fashioned flat pictured next to a new one.
Pictured here is the old school homes that had been built when the area was more authentic, and not on the other hand trying to impersonate cities across the pond. This picture represents how the new modern style London is trying to adopt is flushing out the communal sense of Elephant and Castle, and the community members themselves, are feeling this the most. So what do they think?
Shops & road located just before the roundabout.
I had asked around to get a general feeling about how local people feel about the changes in Elephant and Castle. One said that they don’t visit often, and somebody that lives in the hidden parts of E&C made the presumption that they want to drive out the older residents of the area to make London look the same and more modernised.
Pictured here, is the local shops that we may be more familiar with as Londoners, and this road goes into a high road with less skyscrapers and tall buildings.
Lots of worries come over the Diwali and Bonfire night period for your pets, as they are known to suffer from stress and sometimes even resulting in injuries.
To conquer this solution, Battersea Cats & Dogs home have released a free playlist via Spotify, that consists of restful, and soothing sounds for your pets, such as Bach and blissful piano sonatas, using these soothing sounds and calming music should keep your pets content and calm during fireworks and other triggering celebrations, Janine Pemberthy, Canine Behaviourist and Training Manager at Battersea says. She also added; “Fireworks season can be a worrying time for our pets, but thankfully there are many things you can do to help them relaxed, including playing some calming music to distract them and help to mask the noise of fireworks.”
A young female vet holding an injured kitten by her left eye during examining in a veterinary clinic.
What was the selection process?
Battersea’s playlist you can find on Spotify.
The experts at Battersea carefully selected the sounds and music when creating this playlist. Taking into consideration music that animals already enjoy. Starting off with music played at animal charity kennels, and tranquilising sounds that also owners can enjoy too. Battersea also puts out more advice during this time of year to keep your animals as calm as possible, such as altering their daily schedules, by changing the time they eat dinner, and also taking them out for walks earlier before fireworks and big celebrations start. Jane Pemberthy also advises to close curtains and distract pets from outside celebrations “Listening to our carefully curated playlist alongside following Battersea’s other useful advice like setting up a cosy ‘safe space’ for your pet as a quiet retreat and closing the curtains to muffle the sight and sound of fireworks will help to keep them happy and stress-free.”
It’s been on most peoples lips all week.The internet personality’s entrance to ITV’s new season of ‘I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!’ has been nothing but controversial, lets dive in.
@nellarosee on Instagram
The Youtube star has found herself in controversy ever since she joined ITV’s new season of I’m a Celeb…people are torn about who’s right and who’s wrong, looking deeper into the issue here, it may seem that this villain edit Nella has received may be purposeful and fully intentional, receiving a load of of com complaints each episode, and being slammed online, lets ask the question of, is this all warranted by Nella’s behaviour?
For some, the answer is yes, and for some it’s no. Those who know Nella externally and from her Youtube era have this image of her that is bubbly, outgoing and funny, furthermore hearing reports about her on the new season of IM a Celeb had her fans ecstatic and happy for her first breakthrough on British television.
What changed?
Fred Sirieix and Nella Rose on I’m a Celebrity (ITV)
Once episode three aired, viewers were confused and in shock at the exchange in conversation that Nella and First dates host. They had clashed due to a comment that Sirieix had made the night before about being Nella’s dad. Fred who is 52 had claimed that he is of an old age now, but Nella disagreed saying he is still youthful, Fred’s next comment is where it had all went wrong.
“You know I could be your dad” was repeated a couple times by Fred, and caused Nella to avoid him the following morning and also said comments such as, “I accept your apology but let’s not be friends, how about that?” and “Don’t bring up my dead parents, are you stupid?” But what was so wrong about his comment? was the question on everybody’s minds at the time.
Nella and her late father, Kamango Paul Hollela
The Youtuber had lost her father just four years after the death of her mother, Eseho Omolongo, who had died in Nella’s arms back in 2016. Nella had told her followers on TikTok that she still remains resilient despite her loss.
However, viewers are conflicted as due to Fred’s language barrier, he allegedly meant that he was “old enough to be her father” however it was said as “I could be your dad”.
Lorraine, Brav 1st, Loose Women, Bristol Live, History Debunked, all comment their views on this situation. Youtube, Bristol Live.
Since then, Nella has been in the headlines countless times for her other conversations with Nigel Farage on immigration in the UK, Sam Thompson in the bushtucker trial and her “having it easy” in the challenge, whether she was right of wrong in her rows, and so on.
So do you think the media is portraying her fairly?
News articles on Rose’s commentary on the show, a card created by Moonpig. LBC,Daily Mail, Bristol Live.
Each time an episode airs, Nella is in headlines for things she comments on, and viewers don’t hold her back when it comes to holding her accountable.
X, formerly known as Twitter
X, formerly known as Twitter
X, formerly known as Twitter
X, formerly known as Twitter
From the very start of the season, viewers and even some celebrities are in rows with others on whether Nella is right or wrong, whether she is a celebrity, whether she should be on the show, however the amount of online hate that this ordeal has sparked, some would argue has gone overboard.
What would you make of the media’s portrayal of her? Ask the question of, if the amount of online hate she’s receiving is deserved, if you was Nella what would you do differently? Do you think Nigel/Fred are wrong in this situation?
Where else have we seen examples of this?
Members of diversity, Ashley Banjo (Left) and Jordan Banjo (Right) @ashleybanjo on Instagram
In 2020, shortly after the passing of George Floyd in the USA, which had a massive influence on the Black Lives Matter movement, Britains Got Talent star, and Diversity dance leader, Ashley Banjo, had done a performance on the show, to show where he stands on racism.
Britain’s Got Talent, 2020 ITV
It hadn’t gone as well as planned, because while they did receive a lot of support for this performance it also created outrage among BGT viewers, raking up a massive 24,000+ complaints to Ofcom.
Reports by Ofcom claim that some viewers thought it was racist to white people, unsuitable for TV, and inappropriate for children to watch.
London Hughes, X formerly known as Twitter.
TV star and comedian, London Hughes also expressed her opinion about how black people are portrayed in the media, as this continues to become an ongoing topic people are conflicted about.
