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Incitement against foreign media

A photograph of a Chinese weightlifter is being used as a tool by Chinese diplomats to rally against foreign media. Correspondents reporting from the flooded areas in Henan are being threatened. Affected journalists strongly suspect a deliberate campaign by Chinese authorities.

The Chinese embassy in Sri Lanka is in outrage. On Twitter, news agency Reuters had published the news of the victory by weightlifter Hou Zhihui at the Olympic Games in the weight class of up to 49 kg, accompanied by a picture of the athlete. The photo depicted the exact moment as Hou lifts the barbell upwards. Inevitably, the young woman’s face reflects the enormous effort required to pull almost twice her own body weight up from the ground over her head in one movement.

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