China diplomats very pissed off over photo of their weightlifting gold medalist

Photo: REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

Chinese diplomats were as angry as the dickens over a photo Reuters posted of the country's gold-medal winner in weightlifting Zhihui Hou. The diplomats went so far as to call the media outlet "ugly" for posting it.

“Among all the photos of the game, @Reuters has chosen this one, which only shows how ugly they are,” the Chinese embassy of Sri Lanka tweeted Saturday responding to the report detailing Hou’s top medal in the women’s 49-kg weightlifting at the Tokyo Olympics.

“Don’t put politics and ideologies above sports, and call yourself an unbiased media organization. Shameless,” the embassy’s tweet continued. 

The photo that caused the uproar is just an action shot of Hou lifting a weight with a strained expression on her face.

On Sunday, China’s state-run newspaper the Global Times ran a story on the “controversial photo” that said some Western media organizations were “unfairly targeting China” in their Olympics coverage.

In response to the Reuters photo, I have taken it upon myself to post a few select photos of China's Muslim Uighurs that puts a different light on the women of China.

In this lovely photo above, we see Chinese Uighurs delighted over the prospects of adding pork to their pork-forbidden diets. They say bacon is the "candy of meats," so welcome to the club, ladies. You have no choice but to chow down.

"Hey gang, the guards are Chinese Communists. What could go wrong?"

"Hey, Uighur; a little humiliation never hurt anyone"

And we're supposed to worry about a photo of their gold-medal winner who claims to be a woman, that isn't flattering enough? They can go to hell now, or wait until it's time.

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