China social media post appears to mock India over Covid deaths


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After a slew of criticism, a Weibo account linked to the Communist Party of China has deleted a post which appeared to be mocking India for its Covid-19 catastrophe. On Saturday afternoon, the Weibo account posted a picture of a rocket launch in China — the Tianhe module launch — alongside a photo of India’s Covid victims being cremated on funeral pyres. The caption read: “Lighting a fire in China Vs lighting a fire in India.” Social media users soon piled in and criticised the account — later revealed to be of an official Chinese law enforcement agency, the Communist...