{"id":548478,"date":"2021-06-01T15:21:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-01T19:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=548478"},"modified":"2021-06-01T15:21:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-01T19:21:13","slug":"chinese-internet-celebrity-sentenced-to-prison-forced-to-apologize-for-slandering-heroes-and-martyrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chinese-internet-celebrity-sentenced-to-prison-forced-to-apologize-for-slandering-heroes-and-martyrs\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese \u2018Internet Celebrity\u2019 Sentenced To Prison, Forced To Apologize For \u2018Slandering Heroes And Martyrs\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fchinese-internet-celebrity-sentenced-to-prison-forced-to-apologize-for-slandering-heroes-and-martyrs%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=548478&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\/06\/GettyImages-1232008257-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>Qiu Ziming, who has 2.5 million followers on microblogging site Weibo, has been sentenced to eight months in jail after making \u201cslanderous\u201d comments about Chinese soldiers who died during a Himalayan border clash with Indian troops in 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Qiu, who is 38-years-old, was found guilty of \u201cslandering heroes and martyrs,\u201d according to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-asia-china-57312319\"><span>BBC<\/span><\/a><span>, adding that Chinese state newspaper, the Global Times, said that \u201che is the first to be criminally charged under the offense following an amendment to China\u2019s criminal law.\u201d Under this law, those found guilty \u201ccan be imprisoned for up to three years.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cInternet celebrity sentenced to 8 months in jail for defaming martyrs,\u201d reported <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202105\/1224996.shtml\"><span>The Global Times<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cQiu, known as \u2018Labixiaoqiu\u2019 online, was also ordered to publicly apologize through major domestic portals and the national media within 10 days to eliminate the negative impact, a court in Nanjing, East China\u2019s Jiangsu Province ruled,\u201d the report added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Global Times accused Qiu of releasing \u201cfalse information\u201d on Sina Weibo, \u201csmearing the four heroes who were killed when dealing with the Indian military\u2019s illegal trespassing of the Galwan Valley Line of Actual Control.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition to his sentence, Qiu was ordered to apologize, appearing on state broadcaster CCTV.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cI feel extremely ashamed of myself, and I\u2019m very sorry,\u201d said Qiu, according to the state outlet. \u201cMy behavior was an annihilation of conscience.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>After \u201cslandering\u201d the Chinese soldiers, Qiu was detained and later confessed to \u201cillegal behavior to gain the attention of netizens, distorting facts on Weibo and slandering and demeaning the heroes defending the border,\u201d according to the BBC report.\u00a0<\/span><span>Qiu \u2014 who wasn\u2019t the only blogger targeted by authorities for comments on the border clash between Chinese and Indian military in the Galwan Valley in mid-2020 \u2014 was also banned for one year on Weibo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>As <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/violent-face-off-indian-soldiers-killed-in-border-dispute-with-chinese-military-first-deaths-in-30-years\"><span>The Daily Wire<\/span><\/a><span> reported in June 2020, \u201cThree Indian troops \u2014 an Army officer and two soldiers \u2014 were killed \u2026 by the soldiers from communist China amid an ongoing border dispute between the world\u2019s two most populated nations, both of which are also nuclear powers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The incident occurred following a weeks-long stand-off between the two nations in the Galwan valley in western Himalayas, with both nations \u201caccusing each other of trespassing into the other\u2019s territory,\u201d Reuters <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-india-china\/indian-army-says-one-officer-two-soldiers-killed-in-violent-faceoff-on-border-with-china-idUSKBN23N0ZU\"><span>reported<\/span><\/a><span>, while tensions in the region between the two countries have existed for decades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Until February when they honored four soldiers, China refused to acknowledge that there had been any Chinese casualties. According to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/death-toll-from-border-battle-between-china-india-significantly-higher-than-initially-reported\"><span>U.S. News &#038; World Report<\/span><\/a><span> at the time, <\/span><span>Indian government officials claimed that 20 Indian soldiers had died in the fighting and that somewhere between 35 and 43 Chinese soldiers were also killed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Sina Weibo, the Chinese microblogging website, was launched in 2009, and is one of the largest social media platforms in China, with more than 335 million monthly active users as of Q3 2018. Competitors, such as Twitter and Facebook, are blocked by the Chinese regime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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