![]() ![]() Even the Chinese embassy in France shared the video on Twitter. The Chinese government posted a video on social media to mock America’s deteriorating health situation after the number of COVID-19 patients increased rapidly last year. ![]() Moreover, many Chinese jeered at the alarming health situation in the US in 2020. “The unprecedented mob in the Capitol, a symbol of the US system, is the result of the US society’s severe division and the country’s failure to control such division… the US political system has degraded,” it read. Besides average Chinese people, state-run media house Global Times also took sadistic pleasure and called the unrest a “beautiful sight.” Some Weibo users even called the development “the plain and true and sincere feelings of the Chinese.” One user wrote, “China fights the virus while America riots-grateful to our motherland!” Commenting on a photo from the riot shared by Chinese news channel CCTV, a Chinese national said, “This photo could be on the cover of Time Magazine-it’s a testament to this era!” The Chinese newspaper People’s Daily even went ahead with calling the Capitol riot a “collapse” of the US system. The hyper-nationalistic netizens of China erupted in joy after supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the US Capitol in January this year. It is not unusual for the Chinese to mock people, communities, or countries who are in distress. Rather, they enjoyed ridiculing others, it seems. ![]() CCP officials and the Xi Jinping-led government should feel a sense of regret as their failure to contain the viral infection in 2019 has crippled normal life worldwide and killed more than 3.47 million. Editor and Sinologist Manya Koetse notes that the CCP’s Weibo account has 15 million followers, and the “insensitive” post was shared over 9,000 times before its deletion. Yaqiu Wang, who is a China researcher at Human Rights Watch, raised concerns over the “lack of decency” in both the Chinese government and the mindset of CCP officials. The Chinese government’s insensitive behavior created an uproar in India and elsewhere. The caption read, “China lighting a fire versus India lighting a fire.” After a global backlash, the CCP deleted the callous post. The diplomatic mission tweeted an image showing the Grim Reaper dressed in the Stars and Stripes and holding the scythe with the Star of David on it.On Chinese social media platform Weibo, the CCP Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission posted two images-one showing a rocket launch in China and another of pyres burning at night in India. Last week, the Chinese embassy in Tokyo posted an anti-American and antisemitic meme. The despicable social media posts are part of China’s newly unleashed propaganda and smear campaign against perceived foes. Beijing considers it an ‘Indo-Pacific NATO,’ akin to the Western coalition forged to contain the Soviet-Communist expansionism after WWII. Under former President Donald Trump’s watch, India deepened its participation in the U.S.-led Asia Pacific alliance, also known as the Quad. It ought to rethink its return to strategic autonomy,” the Chinese Communist Party-run newspaper Global Times wrote in its last week’s editorial.Ĭhina is angered by India’s growing defense and geostrategic ties with the United States. We hope everyone gives attention to the Chinese government and mainstream public opinion supporting India’s fight against the epidemic, China’s foreign ministry said in response to a Bloomberg request for comment. The account mocking Indias current COVID-19 situation is linked to the Central Commission for Political and Legal Affairs, a powerful organ of the ruling Communist Party, overseeing the countrys courts and law enforcement bodies, reported CNNThe account posted a photo of the Chinese Long March-5B carrier rocket blasting off on the Chinese. “India should reflect on the course of its pro-US diplomacy over the years. Since deleting the post mocking India, China has been promoting its support of India during the spike in COVID-19 cases. Birtles, B 2018, 'China mocks Australia over Indo-Pacific concept it says. Last May, the Chinese military attacked India along the shared Himalayan border and occupied a strategic valley in the Kashmir region.Ĭhina has told India to reverse “pro-US diplomacy” in the wake of the Wuhan virus resurgence. Bachhawat, A 2018, 'India still wary of the Quad amid its own China reset'. The outrageous Chinese official posts come against the backdrop of growing military hostilities between the two countries. The Ministry of Public Security, which has 31 million followers on Weibo, also posted a similar message on Friday comparing the image of an emergency hospital in Wuhan named Huoshenshan (which means fire god mountain), with a photo of a mass cremation ground in India. In a post on Weibo on Saturday, the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, the party body that controls the courts and police, juxtaposed the image of China’s most recent space launch with the caption “China lighting a fire” and a picture of Indian funeral pyres with the caption “India lighting a fire”. ![]()
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