Last night, at the main torch lighting ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics, young Xinjiang athlete Diniger Yilamujiang made his debut and received a lot of attention. However, the veteran Media "New York Times" in the United States deliberately provoked trouble and played a word game in the introduction of Diniger. However, the New York Times' careful thinking was recognized by some netizens and overturned on social media.
The New York Times published an article on the opening ceremony of the Beijing Winter Olympics on the 4th, and from the title, it can be seen how arrogant and malicious it is - "In a provocative choice, China let an athlete with a Uyghur name light a holy flame."
The New York Times: In a provocative choice, China had an athlete with a Uighur name light a flame
What is "an athlete with a Uyghur name"? In the eyes of many, the headline is exhausted, and the New York Times article continues the vague style, calling Diniger an athlete with "Uighur ancestry, according to Chinese."
Such a mind was quickly discovered by netizens on Twitter. "The New York Times played verbal gymnastics just to avoid directly calling the athlete Uighurs," someone said. ”
Some netizens also said: "In the eyes of the New York Times, China can't win!" If no Uighur athletes appeared, the headline would read "China deliberately avoided Uighurs at the opening ceremony," and when there was, "China made a gesture to fight back against the West." Whatever China does, The New York Times is ready to publish their articles. ”
In addition, some netizens also mentioned Diniger's father, Yilamujiang Mulaji, to prove that Diniger is indeed a Uyghur athlete, and there is no doubt that she is a Uyghur athlete and coach. ”
More netizens attached a video of Dinegger's family watching the opening ceremony.
The New York Times article headlined "provocative" China's choice of Uighurs to light the flame, and one netizen said: "Why is this choice provocative?" Who does this infuriate? Another netizen commented: "The Uyghurs (the problem) are the tipping point for them (Western media)." ”
The theme slogan of this year's Beijing Winter Olympics is "Together to the Future", expressing the common desire of the world to work together to move towards a better future, while some countries and media in the United States and the West are obsessed with politicizing sports events, and the New York Times can be described as a bad example. In the face of some people in the United States and the West maliciously hyping up the Xinjiang issue, China has made clear responses on many occasions and exposed its lies through a large number of facts. The Spokesman of the Chinese Foreign Ministry has repeatedly affirmed that the US side maliciously slanders the human rights situation in Xinjiang, seriously violates international law and basic norms governing international relations, and grossly interferes in China's internal affairs. The so-called existence of "forced labor" and "genocide" in Xinjiang is a vicious lie concocted by anti-China forces.