INDIAN MINISTER'S REMARK RIGGERS BACKLASH IN CHINA'S SOCIAL MEDIA

South China Morning Post reported on January 22, that remarks by Giriraj Singh, India's Minister of State for Small Enterprises, at an investor summit in Gujarat that those countries did not have places where people were able to “gather to protest against the policies of the government” elicited a strong reaction in China after the media picked up on the story a few days later. One comment on the story on Guancha.cn read: “How can the leader of a democratic country make such an undemocratic speech?” Another reader posted: “The people have hindered development! How incompetent can a leader be to say this!” Some commentators made fun of Indian political system, saying: “They have been democratic and free for so many years. How can they still be poor? It must be fake news!” One user on Weibo said: “To tell the truth, China's economic development is indeed related to China's lack of street protests. If we went to the streets every day to protest, who would go to work?”





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