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A popular Chinese state media journalist who was suspended this week for unprofessional comments about the recent deadly earthquakes in Japan has been backed by droves of nationalists online.
In videos posted to the Chinese microblogging app Weibo as well as to Douyin, China’s version of TikTok, TV host Xiao Chenghao asked his millions of followers whether the New Year’s Day natural disaster that struck Ishikawa prefecture on the Japanese island of Honshu was “karma.”
His videos drew a flurry of responses from Chinese netizens, and his subsequent suspension by the Hainan Broadcasting Group in southern China—pending an investigation into his conduct—resulted in a backlash from many who thought his comments were fair.
The incident highlighted prevailing nationalistic sentiments among Chinese citizens, both offline and online, as well as the complex postwar relationship between China and Japan, in which historical grievances including years of Japanese occupation still linger in Beijing’s foreign policy.
On the Chinese video-sharing platform Bilibili, where a function allows users to display new comments in real time, a state media bulletin about this week’s magnitude 7.6 temblor and aftershocks appeared to delight many viewers.
“China is willing to provide necessary assistance to Japan’s earthquake relief efforts,” the country’s official Xinhua News Agency quoted him as saying.
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Bold stuff coming from Beijing that’s bound to be flooded multiple times this year
I, too, revel in Japan’s tragedy. Japan turned down aid from both the PRC and ROC, only for American aid to arrive too late to matter. They brought a great deal of suffering upon themselves despite their neighbours being eager to help.
