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Mocking US of pandemic failure, Xinhua net's post in Weibo elicit overwhelming criticism from China netizens
The Chinese state media Xinhua net official Weibo posted an article this week criticising the US again for "being ineffective in pandemic spread prevention", saying that "the cumulative number of cases confirmed in the US exceeds 60 million" and that "netizens lament the failure of the US to fight the pandemic". The post, those comment section was open, triggered an overwhelming criticism from netizens accusing the China government of its brutal implementation of the Covid-Zero policy. Xinhua net eventually close the comment feature, and the comments from self-media were also blocked.
China's pandemic trend has always been a sensitive topic, any discussion on such social issues is often blocked by internet administrators. However, criticism of US pandemic treatment has been an exception. On Monday (Jan 10), the Xinhua net mocked US failure in pandemic policy for having more than 60 million confirmed cases.
Source: RFA #Jan13
#Covid19 #XinhuaNet #Weibo #US #China
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/comment-01132022063623.html
The Chinese state media Xinhua net official Weibo posted an article this week criticising the US again for "being ineffective in pandemic spread prevention", saying that "the cumulative number of cases confirmed in the US exceeds 60 million" and that "netizens lament the failure of the US to fight the pandemic". The post, those comment section was open, triggered an overwhelming criticism from netizens accusing the China government of its brutal implementation of the Covid-Zero policy. Xinhua net eventually close the comment feature, and the comments from self-media were also blocked.
China's pandemic trend has always been a sensitive topic, any discussion on such social issues is often blocked by internet administrators. However, criticism of US pandemic treatment has been an exception. On Monday (Jan 10), the Xinhua net mocked US failure in pandemic policy for having more than 60 million confirmed cases.
Source: RFA #Jan13
#Covid19 #XinhuaNet #Weibo #US #China
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/comment-01132022063623.html
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【鐵腕清零】新華網微博嘲諷美國防疫失敗 未關評論區輿論指責鋪天蓋地
《新華網》官微發文批美國防疫不力。相關帖文未關閉評論區,引發網民湧入,指責中共鐵腕清零的批評鋪天蓋地。《新華網》最終關閉評論區,自媒體人的相關評論也被封殺。