TAIPEI, Taiwan — Australia summoned the Chinese ambassador on Monday and demanded an apology after a Chinese Foreign Ministry official tweeted a graphic, computer-generated illustration of a grinning Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of an Afghan child, an image designed to criticize Australia’s involvement in the war-torn country.
Not only was this a criticism of the Australian war crimes committed, but a bunch of media outlets published articles “debunking” the artwork, stating, “No, an Australian soldier, in fact, did not slit the throat of a child on top of an Australian flag. It is an artistic fabrication by a Chinese artist”
The west is cooked. This isn’t even lack of media literacy. It’s not knowing the mirror is just a reflection and not a clone lol
Really hoping the White House freaks out about this like Australia did ~3 years ago over the Afghanistan art
That artist is so fucking good
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Wuheqilin, in case anyone wants to see more
https://baike.baidu.com/pic/乌合麒麟/55178404?albumId=547585751&bk_fr=view_album is this all his work?
Oh it is and the wiki page has high res copies of them all https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuheqilin
What is this picture from?
CW - war crimes
TAIPEI, Taiwan — Australia summoned the Chinese ambassador on Monday and demanded an apology after a Chinese Foreign Ministry official tweeted a graphic, computer-generated illustration of a grinning Australian soldier holding a knife to the throat of an Afghan child, an image designed to criticize Australia’s involvement in the war-torn country.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/china-australia-tweet-afghanistan/2020/11/30/546a2512-32b8-11eb-9699-00d311f13d2d_story.html
Ooh context?
The image was retweeted by Zhao Lijian. He was such a great spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs lol.
Not only was this a criticism of the Australian war crimes committed, but a bunch of media outlets published articles “debunking” the artwork, stating, “No, an Australian soldier, in fact, did not slit the throat of a child on top of an Australian flag. It is an artistic fabrication by a Chinese artist”
The west is cooked. This isn’t even lack of media literacy. It’s not knowing the mirror is just a reflection and not a clone lol