Chinese internet users bombard US embassy’s Weibo page with anti-America comments
- ‘US is the largest terrorist group in the world,’ person writes after last week’s killing of Iranian commander Qassem Soleimani
- But mission unmoved, saying it welcomes Chinese netizens’ comments
Chinese internet users have flooded a social media account run by the US embassy in Beijing with angry comments over its military conflict with Iran.
Under a post on the embassy’s account on Weibo – China’s Twitter-like platform – in which US Secretary of State Mike Pomepo’s quote, “the world has become a safer place” since Trump made the “right decision” to kill Soleimani was translated into Chinese, people described the US as “shameless” and “the most hypocritical country” in the world.
“The US is the largest terrorist group in the world!” said another post. “China is the safest place in the world”.
Beijing has sought to position itself as a peacemaker in the ongoing conflict. Though after the Chinese foreign ministry said it opposed the killing of Soleimani, it did not criticise Iran for its retaliatory attack on US bases in Iraq.