After triggering a strong backlash both domestically and abroad, the Chinese regime deleted social media posts mocking India’s COVID-19 crisis; when questioned by foreign media, the regime’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs tried to divert attention away from the posts.
On May 1, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission posted on its official Sina Weibo account “China Changan Net” a photo of a recent Chinese space launch alongside a photo of Indian cremation pyres of people who had died from COVID-19. It’s captioned “Lighting a fire in China vs. lighting a fire in India,” with a hashtag noting that new daily COVID-19 cases in India had surpassed 400,000.
