Chinese social media users expressed their outrage after seeing maskless crowds at the World Cup in Qatar. They questioned their country's approach towards the COVID-19 virus while the rest of the world lived alongside it. | via philstarlife
Images of maskless crowds at the World Cup in Qatar have sparked anger in China, where people worn out by harsh Covid-19 restrictions are questioning their government's exceptional approach while the rest of the world lives alongside the virus.
Driven by the fast-spreading Omicron variant, daily cases in the country hit 29,157 on Wednesday—low compared to most other countries but nearing the domestic record set earlier this year. "The World Cup has allowed most Chinese people to see the real situation abroad, and worry about the economy of the motherland, and their own youth," the user wrote.
World Cup matches are aired in China by state-owned CCTV—the same broadcaster that has bombarded domestic audiences with negative reports of mass deaths and chaos caused by Covid in geopolitical rival the United States.
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