![]() ![]() “We need to think about what kind of image would be truly good for our rising country to present to a world that is uneasy about us.” - Chu Yin, Center for China and GlobalizationĬhu Yin said national image counts in China’s diplomacy and it has to take the moral high ground, and cannot disregard humanitarianism. On 1 May, 中国长安网 ( zhongguo chang'an wang), the Weibo account of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, posted an image of a rocket launch in China alongside a photo of the bodies of Covid victims being cremated in India, with the caption: “Lighting a fire in China VS lighting a fire in India.” The post was deleted after it sparked controversy. Questioning if China has lost its moral high ground by blatantly gloating at the pandemic going out of control in other countries, he asked, “Where is our national image? Where is our soft power?” Views split on official Chinese social media post disparaging India Some Chinese academics have noted that China’s aid to India is a big-picture strategy, while cold mockery of others tears down its national image.įollowing a debate on Weibo between Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin and Professor Shen Yi of the Department of International Politics at Fudan University, Center for China and Globalization research fellow Chu Yin joined the discussion yesterday with a post of his own. South China Morning Post via Getty ImagesĬremations are being held en masse across the country, and families and relatives are scouring hospitals for oxygen for loved ones.Īccording to the Johns Hopkins University coronavirus tracker, India has nearly 20 million cases, second only to the US.A social media post from an account linked to the Chinese authorities mocking India over its coronavirus crisis has sparked intense debate over China’s comments on other countries. “I don’t think it’s proper … to mock India at present,” said Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of the Global Times. The record-breaking surge of coronavirus cases in India has overwhelmed the country’s cremation facilities, morgues and hospitals. “We hope everyone gives attention to the Chinese government and mainstream public opinion supporting India’s fight against the epidemic,” it told Bloomberg News, adding that China will continue to send more supplies to India in the coming days. ”I don’t think we can expect a clarification from the Party account in question, but I do think there was no consensus on this post or else it would not have been removed so quickly,” said Manya Koetse, the editor-in-chief of What’s On Weibo, which tracks trending issues on the platform.Ĭhina’s foreign ministry tried to shift the focus. The accounts should “hold high the banner of humanitarianism at this time, show sympathy for India, and firmly place Chinese society on a moral high ground,” Hu said. The deadly COVID-19 surge in India has overwhelmed hospitals and crematoriums. “I don’t think it’s proper for social media accounts of certain Chinese official institutions or other influential forces to mock India at present,” said Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the Global Times, a Communist Party-backed newspaper. ![]() The image on the account, which has 15 million followers, quickly went viral and prompted howls of outrage from users who were angered by the posting. The post by The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission reads “China lighting a fire versus India lighting a fire.” Sina Weibo It was captioned: “China lighting a fire versus India lighting a fire.”Īn accompanying hashtag noted that coronavirus cases in hard-hit India have exceeded 400,000 a day, Bloomberg News reported. The Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission on Saturday posted on its official Sina Weibo account - the Chinese equivalent of Twitter - sharing side-by-side images of a Chinese missile launch next to cremation fires in India. The Chinese Communist Party’s law enforcement body pulled a posting mocking India’s COVID-19 death crisis following fierce backlash online in China, according to a report. Hunter Biden probes will focus on ‘national security threat’: GOP repĬhina lauds Elon Musk’s suggestion that Taiwan become a ‘special administrative zone’Ĭhinese ‘police station’ in NYC that spies on dissenters run by shady charity on IRS blacklistīiden claims GOP ‘bought’ Chinese talking points on manufacturing, sidesteps family’s own alleged ties ![]()
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