"Why do so many ships pass through the Red Sea under the flag of China, not India?"
A well-known Indian media outlet made such an angry question on the front page of its official website.
In this report, the Indian media is puzzled by this phenomenon: why the Chinese flag and not the Indian flag?
Indian netizens even believe that this is extremely disrespectful to India's rapidly rising status as a great power.
(1) Nowadays, international merchant ships have flaunted the "Chinese flag" in order to pass through the Red Sea safely
Nowadays, more and more international ships are passing through the Red Sea, in order to avoid the Houthi attack, they have added "Chinese ships" and "Chinese crews" to their ship registration information.
The Chinese five-star red flag was even hoisted on the ship in order to pass safely.
For example, in order to avoid being mistaken for a European or American merchant ship, the Panamanian-flagged cargo ship in the picture below simply changed the remarks to "The crew is from China".
Another international merchant ship has also been changed to "all crew members are from China" in the registration information.
(2) There is even a phenomenon of international merchant ships passing through the Red Sea together with "Chinese cargo ships".
The reason why these international merchant ships have done this is because Yemen's Houthi rebels have previously made security assurances: they will never attack cargo ships from China, but only those of Western countries such as Europe and the United States.
This has also caused a large number of international ships to make decisions on Chinese cargo ships.
There is even another strange phenomenon of "rubbing Chinese cargo ships": a large group of international merchant ships are waiting for Chinese cargo ships in the Red Sea, and then they start to pass through the Red Sea waters close to Chinese cargo ships.
(3) Indian media reports have triggered questions from Indian netizens: Is it true that India's influence is not as good as China's in international shipping?
The Indian media directly typed the headline: Why are all the ships in the Red Sea flagged all Chinese?
Under this report, many Indian netizens were even more sad and angry, and they questioned one after another.
"Why do these ships fly the Chinese flag and not our Indian flag?"
Some Indian netizens also sent a comparison picture: Could it be that in international waters, India's influence is not as good as China's?
(4) The merciless ridicule of Chinese netizens: Play the banner of your India, and you will be beaten faster
Chinese netizens mercilessly ridiculed the Indian media's questioning: if the Indian flag is flagged, it is estimated that it will be directly extinguished by the missiles of the Houthis in Yemen.
A Zhejiang netizen mockingly left a message: Because everyone knows that the banner of your third brother in India is useless.
Hong Kong netizens sent a PS picture: Wolf Warrior 2 stills with a Chinese cargo ship.
"Where did all the people who laughed at the wolf warriors go? ”
Liaoning netizens laughed even more: Because of the banner of your third brother, it is easier to be beaten.
Jiangsu netizens also ridiculed: India has blatantly supported Israel, and it is better not to hang your national flag.
What is your opinion on the Indian media coverage?