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.
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Required fields On April 30, 2021, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi had a phone conversation with Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar. Wang Yi said that China is very concerned about the pandemic situation in India. President Xi Jinping sent a message of condolence to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. As a close neighbor and partner, China fully understands the challenges facing India and is willing to provide support and help to the best of its capacity. The Red Cross Society of China, local governments, non-governmental friendship organizations and enterprises have extended assistance to the Indian side. China hopes and believes that the Indian government and its people will surely overcome the pandemic.
BEIJING (BLOOMBERG) - A social media post by China s top law enforcement body juxtaposing the country s successful launch of a module into space with grim cremation pyres in India was deleted after it sparked online criticism in China.
Photos of the Tianhe module launch and its fuel burn-off were compared with what appeared to be a mass outdoor cremation in India, and captioned China lighting a fire versus India lighting a fire .
The post on Saturday (May 1) by the Communist Party s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission on its official Sina Weibo account was accompanied by a hashtag noting that new Covid-19 cases in India had surpassed 400,000 a day.
India reported more than 392,000 new cases and nearly 3,700 Covid-19 deaths on May 2.
BEIJING: A social media post by China’s top law enforcement body juxtaposing the country’s successful launch of a module into space with grim cremation pyres in India was deleted after it sparked online criticism in China.
Photos of the Tianhe module launch and its fuel burn-off were compared with what appeared to be a mass outdoor cremation in India, and captioned “China lighting a fire versus India lighting a fire.” The post on Saturday by the Communist Party’s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission on its official Sina Weibo account was accompanied by a hashtag noting that new Covid-19 cases in India had surpassed 400,000 a day.
A social media post by China’s top law enforcement body juxtaposing the country’s successful launch of a module into space with grim cremation pyres in India was deleted after it sparked online criticism in China. Photos of the Tianhe module launch and its fuel burn-off were compared with what appeared to be a mass outdoor cremation in India, and captioned “China lighting a fire versus India lighting a fire.” The post on Saturday by the Communist Party’s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission on its official Sina Weibo account was accompanied by a hashtag noting that new Covid-19 cases in India had surpassed 400,000 a day.