The Chinese ambassador walked over 30 people when he landed on the small Pacific island.

August 20, 2020

August 20, 2020

A photo reportedly showing Tang Songgen, the Chinese ambassador to Kiribati, walking on people’s backs as part of a welcome ceremony in the Pacific island nation this month.

August 20, 2020

why ? what was the need?

if its a customary thing then ok

August 20, 2020

7 minutes ago, sattipandu said:

why ? what was the need?

if its a customary thing then ok

“This is mainly seen at weddings but not all islands,” Dr. Teaiwa wrote on Twitter. The people of Marakei, she added, have a right to decide how to welcome people, and they were “probably trying something extra customary to show honor and hospitality.”

Anne-Marie Brady, a professor at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand, who has frequently criticized the Chinese government’s approach to the region, said the intent of the ceremony simply could not compete with the way it would be viewed: “as a visual image of the perceived unbalanced neocolonial relationship.”