Frequently featured on the front page of these sites, and attracting millions[4] of views, he drew the attention of the media in mainland China,[5] Hong Kong,[6] Taiwan,[7][8] the Americas,[3][4] and Europe.
In the following two weeks, he released three more videos that featured similar setups and in which he sang "The East Is Red" (东方红), "My Chinese Heart" (我的中国心), and "March of the People's Liberation Army" (中国人民解放军军歌).
People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, initially called for the screening of websites that show Honglaowai's videos.
His video "Injury of Ceasefire" (止战之殇), an anti-war rap song originally performed by Jay Chou, has been seen more than 4 million times on the Chinese video-sharing sites.
[16] The Honglaowai pseudonym was created by George Costow, a 30-year-old Wall Street investment banker, graduate of Princeton University, and resident of the Chelsea neighborhood of New York City.