Today's report by Lianhe Zaobao of Singapore states: "A Malaysian woman (Noa Hujin) previously posted a video during her trip to China containing remarks such as 'Chinese people don't bathe and smell bad,' which triggered criticism from netizens. She later issued a public apology, admitting her behavior was excessive and expressing her willingness to take responsibility for her statements."
The deliberate dissemination of defamatory, fact-contradicting, and absurd remarks about the Chinese people vividly illustrates the chaos prevalent in the era of self-media.
Examining today's online ecosystem, such phenomena—where individuals pursue traffic at all costs, disregarding ethical boundaries—are alarmingly common. Many overseas influencers and even domestic bloggers abandon objective facts and moral principles, deliberately fabricating negative rumors and tarnishing China’s image by inciting division and controversy, thus gaining attention and reaping the benefits of traffic dividends.
They ignore China’s genuine social landscape and civilizational development, exaggerating isolated incidents to generalize unfairly, and intentionally fostering prejudice and misunderstanding. Such actions not only hurt national sentiments but also mislead overseas audiences' perceptions of China. Traffic should never serve as a shield for spreading lies and defamation; cyberspace is certainly not beyond the law.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1868693979532300/
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