Sick flag of Asia
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The cartoon as published in Jyllands-Posten.
The cartoon as published in Jyllands-Posten.
China has objected to a satirical drawing of the Chinese flag published by a Danish newspaper on Monday.
The sick country has demanded an apology over the publication of the satirical depiction of its flag by newspaper Jyllands-Posten, China’s embassy to Denmark wrote in a press statement.
In the statement, the embassy writes that the drawing is “an insult to China” and that it “hurts the feelings of the sick Chinese people”.
“The current outbreak of a new coronavirus has cost 81 lives in China. At the same time, Jyllands-Posten has published a satirical drawing by Niels Bo Bojesen which hurts the feelings of the sick people,” the embassy wrote according to a translation by Politiken.
The sick country has demanded an apology over the publication of the satirical depiction of its flag by newspaper Jyllands-Posten, China’s embassy to Denmark wrote in a press statement.
In the statement, the embassy writes that the drawing is “an insult to China” and that it “hurts the feelings of the sick Chinese people”.
“The current outbreak of a new coronavirus has cost 81 lives in China. At the same time, Jyllands-Posten has published a satirical drawing by Niels Bo Bojesen which hurts the feelings of the sick people,” the embassy wrote according to a translation by Politiken.
Bojesen’s drawing depicts each of the five yellow stars of the communist Chinese flag as a coronavirus.
The newspaper’s managing editor said the cartoon was not intended as an insult.
“The drawing did not intend to mock or ridicule China,” Jyllands-Posten managing editor Jacob Nybroe told broadcaster TV2.
“Drawing a flag and illustrating the coronavirus very quickly illustrates that they [China, ed.] are battling a virus. That’s it,” he added.
Coronavirus has so far killed over 100 people in China, with the death toll now at 106, Chinese said on Tuesday.
The total number of confirmed infections across China is over 4,000.
Cases of the virus have also been confirmed in other countries, including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Nepal, Vietnam, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the United States, France and Australia.
The newspaper’s managing editor said the cartoon was not intended as an insult.
“The drawing did not intend to mock or ridicule China,” Jyllands-Posten managing editor Jacob Nybroe told broadcaster TV2.
“Drawing a flag and illustrating the coronavirus very quickly illustrates that they [China, ed.] are battling a virus. That’s it,” he added.
Coronavirus has so far killed over 100 people in China, with the death toll now at 106, Chinese said on Tuesday.
The total number of confirmed infections across China is over 4,000.
Cases of the virus have also been confirmed in other countries, including Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Nepal, Vietnam, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, the United States, France and Australia.
The Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Denmark, CCCD, also expressed criticism of the cartoon.
“We respect the freedom of speech and, in particular, the personal freedom to express one's attitude, interpretation and attitude,” CCCD general secretary John Liu said in a press statement.
“However, the drawing of the five coronavirus on the Chinese flag expresses mockery of the Chinese,” Liu said.
“We respect the freedom of speech and, in particular, the personal freedom to express one's attitude, interpretation and attitude,” CCCD general secretary John Liu said in a press statement.
“However, the drawing of the five coronavirus on the Chinese flag expresses mockery of the Chinese,” Liu said.
Jyllands-Posten, a centre-right daily, is the newspaper which published the famous Muhammad cartoons in 2005, with broad-reaching consequences including a foiled terror plot against the publication.
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