China Accuses Western Media of Intentionally Making Its Olympians Look Ugly 26 Jul 2021 The Chinese Foreign Ministry, through its embassy in Sri Lanka, complained this weekend that Reuters and, allegedly, other Western media outlets were deliberately choosing unflattering photos of Chinese Olympians in their coverage of the Summer Games. The photo that triggered the outburst from the embassy in Colombo was of Chinese weightlifting champion Hou Zhihui (pictured), who appeared in a Reuters photo clearly mid-lift. The state-run propaganda newspaper Global Times claimed the use of the photo, which highlighted Hou’s muscles, was “widely regarded as disrespectful,” though it could only point to a message by the Chinese embassy on Twitter and unnamed “netizens” on Chinese social media outlets.