I had hoped these tweets were wrong or misleading:
Monetising cruelty: China's crass influencer trend of 'Syrian war themed' cafes https://t.co/x7rE4Unekl
— Idrees Ahmad (@im_PULSE) November 11, 2021
But I guess not:LMAO pic.twitter.com/2eBtx7nLL3
— Arman Dzidzovic (@iamarman88) November 17, 2021
Chinese influencers and diners are flocking to trendy restaurants and cafes decorated in “Syrian style” so they could photograph themselves posing in front of gaping holes and run-down walls that look like they have been bombed in a war....The term is also used to describe shabby-looking things in general. “I smashed my mobile phone again today and stamped on it,” one Weibo user wrote in October. “Now my phone is of Syrian style.”