A social media post from an account linked with the Chinese Communist Party has purportedly ridiculed India’s coronavirus crisis. The post ...
A social media post from an account linked with the Chinese Communist Party has purportedly ridiculed India’s coronavirus crisis. The post on Chinese site Weibo juxtaposed two photographs – one showing a rocket launch in China and another showing Covid-19 victims being cremated in India.
The Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the CPC’s central committee had put up the post on its Weibo account on Saturday afternoon, reported BBC. The caption of the collage read something along the lines of: “When China sets things on fire vs. when India does it”. The post has now been deleted after it was widely criticised.
The Commission for Political and Legal Affairs is a powerful wing of the CPC. It is tasked with overseeing police officers, prosecutors and courts. It is currently headed by Guo Shengkun, a member of the political bureau of the CPC’s central committee.
The post was roundly criticised for being insensitive and inappropriate. “Hold high the banner of humanitarianism at this time, show sympathy for India, and firmly place Chinese society on a moral high ground,” wrote Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of China’s Global Times.
Someone apparently thought it was a good idea to make fun of the latest Covid-19 outbreak in India? An acct affiliated with...
