"Their media is full of reckless ¡®gossip fiends¡¯"

[Randy W]

in the Chinese edition of the Global Times, as reported by the SCMP

 

British media ‘barbarians’, fumes state-run newspaper, after Queen Elizabeth filmed saying some Chinese officials are ‘very rude’

UK media blew incident out of proportion and could learn some manners from Chinese culture, according to editorial in Global Times newspaper

 

In a rare diplomatic gaffe, the British monarch was caught on camera at a Buckingham Palace garden party making unguarded comments about a state visit last year by President Xi Jinping that drummed up billions in Chinese investment.

 

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The remarks made headlines worldwide on Wednesday, but were initially largely censored in China, blacked out of BBC World transmissions, according to the British broadcaster.

The Global Times newspaper, which is close to China’s ruling Communist Party, blamed the British media for blowing the incident out of proportion and fawning over the footage as if it was “the most precious treasure”.

“The West in modern times has risen to the top and created a brilliant civilisation, but their media is full of reckless ‘gossip fiends’ who bare their fangs and brandish their claws and are very narcissistic, retaining the bad manners of ‘barbarians’,” it said in an editorial.

“As they experience constant exposure to the 5,000 years of continuous Eastern civilisation, we believe they will make progress” when it comes to manners, it added in the Chinese-language piece, which was not published in English.

 

 

 

[Greg.D.]

They never outright denied they were rude. Just sayin .....

[Randy W]

The English-language version of the same story in the Global Times reads a little differently. This was as close as they got to commenting on her behavior.

 

FM responds to question on QE II’s comment

 

 

A spokeswoman for the queen said, "We do not comment on the queen's private conversations. However, the Chinese state visit was extremely successful and all parties worked closely to ensure it proceeded smoothly," according to Reuters.

Under her constitutional role, the 90-year-old monarch never makes any politically or diplomatically sensitive comments in public, and it is rare for the content of her private conversations to be revealed, Reuters said.