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Patriotic comments by snack maker Want Want Group, have received thumbs-up from Chinese mainland consumers after a representative of the company blasted US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan island.

零食製造商旺旺集團的一名代表抨擊美眾議院議長佩洛西竄訪中國台灣後，該集團的愛國言論得到了中國大陸消費者的讚許。

Taiwan-based Want Want's official Douyin account "Wangzai Club" on Friday gained more than 16,000 followers.

8月5日當天，台灣省旺旺官方抖音號「旺仔俱樂部」增粉1.6萬餘人。

The company recorded 483,000 viewers for its live stream session on Friday, while the company's total sales amounted to 676,400 yuan ($100,035),

據淘寶直播8日發給《環球時報》的數據顯示，

data from Taobao Livestream sent to the Global Times revealed on Monday.

該公司8月5日直播觀看人數48.3萬人，銷售總額67.64萬元（10.0035萬美元）。

On Thursday, the number of viewers of the account was only 29,000, and retail sales were only 84,200 yuan.

8月4日，該賬號直播觀看人數僅為2.9萬人，銷售總額僅8.42萬元。

The tide of surging sales came following patriotic comments made by the son of the group's founder,

在銷售額猛增之前，7月28日，該集團創始人之子在微博上發表了愛國言論，

which included a picture accompanied with a red apple with the words of "you go away" on Sina Weibo on July 28, and later "Want Want"

其中包括一張老巫婆拿着紅蘋果的照片，並寫道「你走開」，

itself became a hot topic on Weibo on Friday.

隨後，「旺旺」在8月5日衝上微博熱搜。

"Want Want" is homophonic with "Wang Wang" in Mandarin which roughly translates to 'booming' in English.

「Want Want」與普通話中的「旺旺」諧音，在英語中大致可譯為「booming（紅紅火火）」。

One Chinese netizen said Want Want Group had never been ambiguous or hesitant in supporting the motherland,

一位中國網友表示，旺旺在支持祖國的問題上從來沒有模稜兩可或猶豫不決，

and has taken the initiative to shoulder the responsibility of a large enterprise.

而是主動擔負起一個大企業的責任。

Chinese netizens noticed the patriotic words made by Tsai Eng-meng, the founder of Want Want Group, such as "We are Taiwan people loving Taiwan,

許多中國網友都注意到了旺旺集團創始人蔡衍明的愛國言論，如「我們是愛台灣的台灣人，

but we are even more upright Chinese!

更是堂堂正正的中國人！

It is because of the great market of the mainland that makes Want Want today!"

正是因為大陸的巨大市場，才有了旺旺的今天！」

On Friday, US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wrapped up her trip to Asia after making a final stop in Japan after being put on the official sanctions list by the Chinese government for seriously trampling on the one-China principle by visiting Taiwan.

8月5日，美眾議院議長佩洛西在訪問最後一站日本後，結束了她的亞洲之行。此前，佩洛西因竄訪台灣省嚴重踐踏一個中國原則而被中國政府列入官方制裁名單。

The Want Want brand was founded in 1983, and arrived on the Chinese mainland to invest and set up factories in the early 1990s.

旺旺品牌成立於1983年，並於20世紀90年代初進入中國大陸投資設廠。

素材來源：globaltimes