Overview
- The Twitch stream from Beijing captured officers telling Piker’s group to stop recording during the daily flag ceremony at Tiananmen Gate.
- Fellow streamer Will Neff had moments earlier shown the camera an apparent AI image depicting Mao in Piker’s likeness alongside a Maoist slogan.
- An officer requested to review recent footage, the broadcast cut to black, and an intermission screen later read, “We’re doing secret memes. Be right back.”
- The stream resumed shortly after with the group continuing toward the square and joking about the encounter.
- Clips of the episode spread widely online and media coverage highlighted Piker’s on‑stream remark that he has no patriotism for America.