Most Chinese web users were shocked by the destruction in Paris, but a minority said it served the French right for the actions of their forebears a century and a half ago. Photo: AFP
Notre Dame fire attracts wave of sympathy in China, but some web users revive old grievances over destruction of Old Summer Palace
- Some social media users regard devastation in Paris as karmic payback for destruction of imperial palace during the second opium war
- But many others lament damage to historic cathedral as state broadcaster warns people not to be ‘narrow-minded and pathetic’
Most Chinese web users were shocked by the destruction in Paris, but a minority said it served the French right for the actions of their forebears a century and a half ago. Photo: AFP
