Wolf Warrior comment backfires on Chinese doctor caught in Super Typhoon Yutu destruction
- Hospital prepares to discipline him for mocking official response to evacuations
- Internet users fail to see the funny side of social media posts from Saipan island
A Beijing doctor who mocked Chinese authorities on social media during the recent evacuations of Saipan island as a result of Super Typhoon Yutu is facing disciplinary action from his hospital on his return.
Sun Hongtao, a verified user on China’s Twitter-like service Weibo, was on the US commonwealth island in the western Pacific as it was struck by the full force of the typhoon, when he posted a comment that has not been well received back home.
“I called the Chinese embassy in Los Angeles (this is under their jurisdiction), but they ignored the calls,” he wrote on Friday.
“There’s no such thing as ‘Wolf Warrior’ in real life, don’t even think about it,” he added, referring to the popular Chinese action movie series which features heroic military evacuations of Chinese nationals trapped in other countries.
The post has since been deleted. But the screenshot has been published on other media and attracted condemnation from internet users.
