According to Russian media, a delegation of Chinese journalists, bloggers and public figures from China is this moment traveling and performing in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine, including the so-called “DPR” fake “republic” and in the occupied city of Mariupol! Opera singer Wang Fang even performed a Soviet “Katyusha” song in the Mariupol drama theater where hundreds of people were killed by a Russian missile in March 2022, now being rebuilt by the Russians.
This disgusting behavior is relayed by Ukrainian media:
Russian media report that a delegation of journalists, bloggers and public figures from China has arrived in the so-called "DPR".
Opera singer Wang Fang even performed a Soviet "Katyusha" song in Mariupol drama theater (where hundreds of people were killed by a Russian missile… pic.twitter.com/UmLlsepTcX
— Anton Gerashchenko (@Gerashchenko_en) September 7, 2023
And, Chinese artist Badiucao reminds us, Wang Fang ‘s husband Zhou Xiaoping 周小平 is a famous propagandist writer singled out for praise by China’s Xi,
Chinese Opera singer Wang Fang performed a Soviet song in Mariupol drama theater (where hundreds of people were killed by a Russian missile in March 2022).
Wang Fang ‘s husband Zhou Xiaoping 周小平 is a famous propagandist writer praised by China’s Xi in person. pic.twitter.com/AjV45SRYvF
— 巴丢草 Bad ї ucao (@badiucao) September 7, 2023
So much for the fake Chinese “neutrality.” We’ve seen all sorts of material support falling just short of the red line of lethal weapons; — now this outrage. I hope they’re quickly wiped out by Ukrainian arms, if not they must be banned from all civilized countries.
Magnus Fiskesjö <magnus.fiskesjo@cornell.edu>