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Incredible things are happening on Chinese Internet (hexbear.net)

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[-] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 115 points 6 months ago

Really hoping the White House freaks out about this like Australia did ~3 years ago over the Afghanistan art

[-] MF_COOM@hexbear.net 52 points 6 months ago

That artist is so fucking good .

Wuheqilin, in case anyone wants to see more

[-] BigHaas@hexbear.net 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

https://baike.baidu.com/pic/%E4%B9%8C%E5%90%88%E9%BA%92%E9%BA%9F/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

[-] alexandra_kollontai@hexbear.net 35 points 6 months ago

What is this picture from?

[-] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 44 points 6 months ago

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

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 32 points 6 months ago

Ooh context?

[-] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 44 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The image is a reference to the Brereton Report, which found that Australian troops had illegally killed more than three dozen Afghan civilians. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison demanded an apology, which China declined to give. Wuheqilin then created another image mocking Morrison.

some-controversy

The image was retweeted by Zhao Lijian. He was such a great spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs lol.

[-] StalinIsMaiWaifu@lemmygrad.ml 43 points 6 months ago

Aussie SAS committed a bunch of war crimes in Australia, look up David McBride for the run down

[-] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 22 points 6 months ago

Oh yeah I know about McBride just not about the art thing

[-] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 42 points 6 months ago

The Australian media freaked the fuck out about this picture doing the rounds on the internet but because they couldn't deny that the war crimes happened, the best argument they could muster was "well Akshully this isn't a real photo".

Like no shit, war crimes don't happen on huge flags of the countries involved.

[-] GladimirLenin@hexbear.net 12 points 6 months ago

Lol, the media calling it a "doctored image" was hilarious.

[-] GenderIsOpSec@hexbear.net 9 points 6 months ago

Me a reporter for the media standing in the Louvre: "So as you can see, this picture of "Mona Lisa" is actually just a doctored painting of a real person, not ACTUALLY the real Mona Lisa who lived in the 16th century Italy and that wasnt even her real name!! More at 11 we're following this story as it develops."

[-] RyanGosling@hexbear.net 27 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

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