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Aung San Suu Kyi is becoming a hero in China
Chinese state daily Global Times today reported that Chinese netizens have praised her defiance against “outside pressure while safeguarding her people’s interest.”
The daily says that Suu Kyi was earlier seen as a “proxy” of the West by nationalistic Chinese netizens because of her “close relationship” with the West. The Global Times says that Chinese online communities are “routinely indignant” over the pressure from the West on developing countries for dealing with the issues concerning their respective national security.
According to the Chinese daily, on sites like guancha.cn and ifeng.com, Suu Kyi is being hailed as “a stateswoman who serves her people’s interest” and a “tough and wise woman who knows much better than the Western politicians who make political correctness a business”
Global Times says Chinese citizen’s concerns about “domestic Islamic extremism” have made the Myanmar crisis a sensitive issue. “Chinese people shared some concern on religious extremism with Myanmar, so their attitude toward Suu Kyi is also their attitude toward the Myanmar people,” Liu Yun, an analyst on Myanmar issue told Global Times.
Suu Kyi’s popularity is also rising in China because of he “friendly policy” towards China, which was not expected by many, Liu told the daily.
Aung San Suu Kyi is becoming a hero in China
Chinese state daily Global Times today reported that Chinese netizens have praised her defiance against “outside pressure while safeguarding her people’s interest.”
The daily says that Suu Kyi was earlier seen as a “proxy” of the West by nationalistic Chinese netizens because of her “close relationship” with the West. The Global Times says that Chinese online communities are “routinely indignant” over the pressure from the West on developing countries for dealing with the issues concerning their respective national security.
According to the Chinese daily, on sites like guancha.cn and ifeng.com, Suu Kyi is being hailed as “a stateswoman who serves her people’s interest” and a “tough and wise woman who knows much better than the Western politicians who make political correctness a business”
Global Times says Chinese citizen’s concerns about “domestic Islamic extremism” have made the Myanmar crisis a sensitive issue. “Chinese people shared some concern on religious extremism with Myanmar, so their attitude toward Suu Kyi is also their attitude toward the Myanmar people,” Liu Yun, an analyst on Myanmar issue told Global Times.
Suu Kyi’s popularity is also rising in China because of he “friendly policy” towards China, which was not expected by many, Liu told the daily.