“Obviously Asians are the minorities.”
People’s Daily said it was “gravely disappointing” that the airline had “mentioned nothing of the violence against the Asian passenger.”
The Chinese news media often highlights episodes of violence
and racism directed at people of Chinese descent overseas as evidence of what it considers the hypocrisy of Western democracies on human rights issues.
BEIJING — A day after the forced removal of a passenger from a United Airlines flight provoked a social media furor in the United
States, a similar outcry followed in China, after state-run news outlets here described the man as being of Chinese descent.
Others said the episode showed that people of Chinese descent in the United States faced rampant discrimination.
“I’ve learned from the media that there is a lot of racism in the United States,” Mr. Zhang, 18, said in a telephone interview.
“Many Chinese who have faced discrimination are unwilling to speak out because of their pride,” Mr. Wong wrote on Weibo.
United’s chief executive, Oscar Munoz, apologized Monday for “having to re-accommodate these
customers,” called the episode “upsetting” and said the airline was conducting a review.