Journalist Exploits Plane Crash Victims, Netizen Reactions
by Cecilia Miao on Thursday, July 11, 2013
by Cecilia Miao on Thursday, July 11, 2013
The two Chinese school girls who perished in the June 7th San Francisco plane crash, Ye Mengyuan on the left, Wang Linjia on the right.
From Sina Weibo:
@僧伽密多 “If they were still alive and knew that the Zhejiang Province Organization Department Chief Cai Qi had paid attention to them [their deaths], perhaps Wang Jialin’s eyes would widen with pleasant surprise, beaming, and perhaps Ye Mengyuan would jump up and down in excited disbelief.” Has China Youth Daily‘s ass-kissing become a habit? Who is “Zhejiang Province Organization Department Chief Cai Qi” that anyone should care about what he pays attention to? Are you the spokesperson for the two deceased girls? It’s deja vu of “I can only hope for a television in front of my grave, to watch the Olympics, and join others in cheering.”
A screen capture of the paragraphs that have angered thousands Chinese netizens. The first paragraph is above. The second paragraph reads: “On July 7th, the microblog account of Cai Qi, which has 9.28 million ‘fans/followers’, posted two crying emoticons: ‘Grieving for the two Zhejiang schoolgirls who died in the Asiana Airlines crash.’ Within a short two days, the number of views reached 16.53 million.”
