{"id":1032277,"date":"2021-11-19T13:44:19","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T18:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1032277"},"modified":"2021-11-19T13:44:25","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T18:44:25","slug":"china-calls-reuters-racist-over-report-on-military-infiltration-of-foreign-academia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/china-calls-reuters-racist-over-report-on-military-infiltration-of-foreign-academia\/","title":{"rendered":"China Calls Reuters Racist over Report on Military Infiltration of Foreign Academia"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchina-calls-reuters-racist-over-report-on-military-infiltration-of-foreign-academia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1032277&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Thomson-Reuters-building-France-file-Getty.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">China\u2019s&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> government propaganda newspaper accused the international news agency Reuters of racism for using a photo of People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers in a story on military infiltration of foreign academia.<\/p>\n<p>The racism accusation stemmed from Reuters posts on Twitter featuring photos of the soldiers. The text of the posts focused on experiments on monkey brains at the University of Copenhagen by a Chinese scientist that, according to Reuters, directly benefitted the PLA. Scientist&nbsp;Guojie Zhang reportedly exposed monkeys to high altitudes for studies on how mountainous areas affect brain function \u2013 research that would directly benefit PLA operations in the Himalayas \u2013 without notifying the University of Copenhagen that he was cooperating with a foreign military.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> used the fact that Zhang experimented on monkeys to claim that Reuters was comparing PLA soldiers to monkeys. Pressure from Chinese \u201cnetizens\u201d \u2013 government-approved and, often, controlled social media users \u2013 appears to have resulted in Reuters retracting the tweet in question and accepting that it \u201ccould have been read as offensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese state newspaper declared itself unsatisfied with Reuters\u2019 response to the alleged scandal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReuters has downplayed its mistake of attaching a picture of Chinese soldiers to a racist Twitter post, by simply correcting the picture and deleting the original tweet,\u201d the <em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1239408.shtml\">asserted<\/a> on Friday. \u201cIt has yet to explain why it did so in the first place or apologize for its racism.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> asserted that the image of Chinese soldiers \u201chad nothing to do with the content of the tweet,\u201d which read in part, \u201ca Chinese professor at a top European university worked with a Chinese military laboratory on research.\u201d A Reuters post with the photo, but omitting the reference to monkeys, is still available on Twitter at press time.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.8328358208955\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A Chinese professor at a top European university conducted genetic research with the Chinese military without disclosing the connection, the latest example of how China&#8217;s pursuit of military-civilian technology is tapping into Western academia <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AkUczJ6CRf\">https:\/\/t.co\/AkUczJ6CRf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/TIMAOYov11\">pic.twitter.com\/TIMAOYov11<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1461457372308807681?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Reuters replaced the post mentioning monkeys and issued a \u201cphoto correction.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.0473372781065\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PHOTO CORRECTION: A Chinese professor at a European university worked with a Chinese military laboratory on research exposing monkeys to extreme altitude to study their brains <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ahtv9fj8EQ\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ahtv9fj8EQ<\/a> We will delete an earlier tweet with a photo incorrectly attached. 1\/2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wmM3qPStWf\">pic.twitter.com\/wmM3qPStWf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Reuters (@Reuters) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Reuters\/status\/1461545214770700294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cSome criticized Reuters for having no journalistic integrity at all and there must be something wrong with their editors\u2019 minds,\u201d the&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> claimed, citing \u201cnetizens\u201d on Chinese-controlled websites and communist sympathizers on Twitter. \u201cOne netizen wrote that the COVID-19 pandemic has shattered many \u2018myths\u2019 in the West including that about so-called press freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Among other \u201cnetizens\u201d cited were an account on Weibo, the Chinese government-controlled social media outlet, stating that Reuters had \u201cserious racist tendencies\u201d and an alleged tweet reading, \u201cThis is the double-label racist media in Europe and America!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Reuters story <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/exclusive-monkey-brain-study-with-link-chinas-military-roils-top-european-2021-11-18\/\">exposed<\/a> secret military ties between a professor conducting research at the University of Copenhagen and the PLA.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cZhang [Guojie] and a student he was supervising worked with a People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) laboratory on research exposing monkeys to extreme altitude to study their brains and develop new drugs to prevent brain damage,\u201d Reuters reported, \u201ca priority the PLA has identified for Chinese troops operating on high plateau borders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The head of the University of Copenhagen\u2019s biology department told Reuters that it did not know that Zhang was cooperating with the military on research conducted at the institution and only found out after Zhang published a paper on his findings. The paper featured a PLA major general as a coauthor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZhang confirmed that he did not inform the university of the link because the university didn\u2019t require researchers to report co-authors on scientific papers to it,\u201d Reuters noted.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Zhang is an employee of BGI Genomics, a firm Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/07\/08\/chinese-firm-allegedly-sharing-fetal-dna-with-military-seeking-u-s-partners\/\">revealed<\/a> in July was sharing the results of genetic testing on unborn children around the world with the PLA. BGI insisted to Reuters the monkey altitude study was \u201cnot carried out for military purposes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China has very overt military reasons to carry out research on the effects of high altitudes on brain performance. Under dictator Xi Jinping, China has accelerated its colonization campaigns in Tibet, trespassing into Indian territory beyond the occupied Tibetan region. PLA efforts to violate India\u2019s sovereignty ended in catastrophe for Beijing last year. In June 2020, PLA soldiers triggered a clash with the Indian military in the Galwan Valley, territory on their mutual border. While the Communist Party refused to offer the public accurate casualty counts, Indian reports&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2020\/06\/23\/report-border-brawl-led-chinese-casualties-despite-indians-being-badly-outnumbered\/\">claimed<\/a>&nbsp;that China lost double the number of soldiers than the Indians despite greatly outnumbering Indian forces. As neither side permitted the use of firearms, the Galwan Valley battle was fought with fists and rudimentary weapons like rocks. Reports suggested that most deaths resulted from hypothermia, poor breathing, falling off of steep cliffs, or other environmental factors in addition to the fighting.<\/p>\n<p>China has openly boasted of investments in military technology to improve performance at high altitudes since the Galwan Valley incident. In December, the&nbsp;<em>Global Times<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2020\/12\/11\/chinese-border-troops-tibet-equipped-exoskeleton-suits\/\">announced<\/a> that the PLA had equipped soldiers on the Indian border with an \u201cexoskeleton suit\u201d to help them move more quickly and warmly in Tibet. The suit also allegedly helps soldiers carrier heavier loads around the steep cliffs over long distances.<\/p>\n<p>More recently, in September, the PLA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/asia\/2021\/09\/08\/chinese-pla-publishes-video-of-himalayan-drill-by-tibet-unit\/\">published<\/a> videos of military exercises by its Tibet unit, showing them clearly practicing defensive measures in mountainous areas.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Frances Martel on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesimartel\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1637405048132000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1aaqXLAinSmRFQBKK2VYOJ\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/francesmartel&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1637405048132000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3Sa2BK56eE4dbVgXJkxVIl\">Twitter.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s\u00a0Global Times government propaganda newspaper accused the international news agency Reuters of racism for using a photo of People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) soldiers in a story on military infiltration of &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1032277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1032277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1032277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1032277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1032277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1032277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}