A social media post by the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission faced serious backlash for appearing to mock the COVID-19 crisis in India, a report said.
Official China Communist Party Social Media Posts Mocks India s COVID Crisis
On 5/3/21 at 1:10 PM EDT
A pair of recent social media posts by Chinese Community Party (CCP) agencies that mocked India s COVID-19 crisis caused a massive backlash at home and abroad, resulting in the messages being deleted.
On Saturday, the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, which is the organization under the CCP s Central Committee responsible for political and legal affairs, posted a picture on social media of China s recent space launch with the caption, China lighting a fire. Next to that image was a photo of Indian funeral pyres with the caption, India lighting a fire.
Updated: May 3 2021, 12:43 ET
CHINA has deleted a sick social media post which mocked India s harrowing Covid crisis, reports say.
An account belonging to the Communist Party posted an image of a recent Chinese rocket launch twinned with an Indian crematorium where bodies are being burned.
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The Communist Party deleted an offensive social media post comparing India s Covid crisis to a rocket launchCredit: Twitter
The disturbing post was captioned: China lighting a fire versus India lighting a fire.
According to Bloomberg, the disgusting image was posted on the official Weibo account of China s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission on Saturday.
Chinese government authorities deleted posts mocking India s Covid-19 tragedy after receiving backlash May 03, 2021, 01:37 PM
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Official Chinese government accounts have deleted posts that seemed to mock India s Covid-19 crisis.
One was seen comparing China s launch of its first module into space with mass cremations in India. China lighting a fire versus India lighting a fire, a post was captioned.
Images on social media posted by two official Chinese government accounts have drawn rebuke for appearing to mock India s catastrophic battle with Covid-19, according to multiple online reports.
An account linked to the ruling Communist Party posted an image on Saturday comparing the country s successful launch of its Tianhe module into space with lines of burning cremation pyres in India.
A social media post linked to China s Communist Party which appeared to mock India over its coronavirus plight has been deleted after it was roundly criticised.
The post on Chinese site Weibo showed an image of a recent successful rocket launch in China, juxtaposed with a photo of funeral pyres in India cremating COVID-19 victims, the BBC reports.
The caption on the photo, read: Lighting a fire in China VS lighting a fire in India.
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A screenshot of the Weibo post, which has since been deleted.(BBC/Weibo)
The post, which appeared yesterday on the account of Communist Party s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission, has since been deleted, according to the BBC.