“Shou brings deep knowledge of the company and industry, having led a team that was among our earliest investors, and having worked in the technology sector for a decade. “The leadership team of Shou and Vanessa sets the stage for sustained growth,” ByteDance CEO Yiming Zhang said in a statement. Vanessa Pappas, who previously served as TikTok’s interim head, is moving to the role of chief operating officer. He already serves as chief financial officer of ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese owner. The company on Friday announced that it has named Shouzi Chew as CEO. TikTok has finally appointed a new permanent chief executive, eight months after the company’s leader called it quits as the United States was threatening to ban the app. And sometimes, as in the case of mocking India’s crisis, Beijing’s diplomatic charm offensive, too.Ī man surnamed Zhou crossed the highly-militarized Taiwan Strait in a small rubber dinghy Saturday in search of "freedom and democracy," Taiwanese police said.
While such posts can win support from hardline Chinese nationalists – and perhaps recognition from some Party bosses – it is China’s international image that ultimately pays the price. Last year, Zhao tweeted a digitally altered image that appeared to show an Australian soldier threatening to slit the throat of an Afghan child, which drew stern condemnation from Australia as “repugnant.”Īnd in January, when denying allegations of forced sterilization in Xinjiang, the Chinese embassy in the US said on Twitter that Uyghur women had been “emancipated” from extremism and were no longer “baby-making machines.” The post was later removed by Twitter. It was criticized as insulting Japanese culture, and prompted a swift protest from the Japanese Foreign Ministry. Last week, Zhao Lijian, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, posted a modified version of Japan’s famous Great Wave woodblock print, to condemn releasing treated water from the Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean.
On Twitter, China’s “wolf warrior” diplomats frequently post controversial comments. The incident is the latest example of how a clumsy attempt to stoke nationalism can strike an insensitive note.
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Just days earlier, President Xi Jinping sent condolences to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and offered China’s assistance, following a series of similar pledges by Chinese officials – all part of an effort to present Beijing as a supportive and responsible neighbor. The censorship could well have been a sign of disapproval from higher up in the Party. A hashtag relating to the post was also deleted. WeiboĮven Hu Xijin, the Editor in Chief of the Global Times, a state-run newspaper known for its nationalist stance, criticized the post: “I don’t think it’s proper for social media accounts of certain Chinese official institutions or other influential forces to mock India at present.”Īmid the backlash online, the post comparing China’s launch to India’s Covid deaths was removed from Weibo. Weibo posts about India from two official Chinese government accounts sparked a major backlash over the weekend. “How can this be approved (by censors)? It’s a complete disrespect of human life,” read another. Why do you need to use the suffering of others to highlight national pride?” read one top comment underneath the post. “I can’t believe this was posted by a government account. Though nationalist sentiment against India has been running high in recent months due to border disputes, many Chinese social media users were shocked. Several other government accounts run by the police and local courts shared the pictures. The account that posted the photos is linked to the Central Commission for Political and Legal Affairs, a powerful organ of the ruling Communist Party, overseeing the country’s courts and law enforcement bodies.
“China lighting a fire versus India lighting a fire,” the caption read, accompanied by a hashtag declaring that India’s Covid-19 cases had surged past 400,000 a day. On the micro-blogging platform Weibo, the account posted a photo of the Chinese Long March-5B carrier rocket blasting off, alongside a picture of cremation pyres burning at night in India under the watch of people in hazmat suits. But for one social media account linked to the ruling Communist Party, it was a crass opportunity to mock India’s Covid-19 tragedy. For most of China, last week’s launch of the first module of its planned space station was simply a moment of pride.
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