Chinese embassy in Tokyo deletes anti-Semitic, anti-US tweet after backlash from Japanese Twitter users
- The image that portrayed the US as the Grim Reaper with a Star of David on his scythe suggested US efforts to spread democracy brought death to Muslim countries
- Japanese internet users responded by posting the famous Tiananmen Tank Man photo or adapted the image to criticise the Chinese government’s policies
China’s embassy in Tokyo has deleted anti-Semitic tweet that portrayed the US as death knocking on the door of Muslim countries after it triggered a war of words with Japanese Twitter users.
The cartoon, posted late on Thursday afternoon, features the Grim Reaper, dressed in the Stars and Stripes, knocking on Egypt’s door, while the doors behind, namely Pakistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria, are open with blood pouring from the doorway.
The embassy wrote in Japanese, “If the United States brought ‘democracy’, it would be like this.”
It also employed classic anti-Semitic tropes with the inclusion of the Star of David on the Grim Reaper’s scythe - a detail largely overlooked by the Japanese who responded.
However, the tweet, posted late Thursday afternoon, provoked a backlash from Japanese Twitter users.
