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Spanish vlogger defends China against malicious netizens

Updated: 2020-02-05 08:54:51

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Spanish vlogger Noel Sirerol. [Photo provided to China Daily]

A Spanish vlogger refuted false views on the coronavirus outbreak, denouncing malicious actions taken by internet users abroad and those who are profiting from stirring unnecessary fear among the public.

In a video released by Noel Sirerol on Feb 1, who goes by the web username Noel.Sunuoyi on Chinese social media, Sirerol slashed ill-willed comments, adding they were misguided by false information. 

"Many of these comments are based on fake information that has spread over social media. False news on the breakout is everywhere to stir up fear," Sirerol said in his video,How Do Foreign Netizens View the Wuhan Epidemic? Foreign Youth Resent Keyboard Men with Fury, which has been viewed nearly 60,000 times on YouTube and more than 205,000 times on bilibili.com, a mainstream video viewing platform in China. It was also referenced in coverage on the outbreak by lavanguardia.com, a major news agency in Spain.

"I made this video because there was a lot of untrue coverage on the epidemic, causing panic and even racism against Chinese. I wanted to tell the world what is truly happening in China," Sirerol said as he reflected on his original intension during an interview with China Daily website.

A screen capture of Spanish vlogger Noel Sirerol's YouTube account. [Photo/Noel Sirerol's YouTube account]

In the video, Sirerol decried some of the ill-intended comments out of unfamiliarity with the truth, saying he could not disagree more. To him, false information and threads are "making people scared, and they delivered the result."

One comment read, "Only Chinese people would eat these animals. We discriminate against them for this, and they are unhappy about it."

"In Spain, we eat rabbits, but rabbits are pets in the US. Why don't you ask what the Indians think about you consuming beef? Or the Arabs about you eating pork? Many countries don't eat what is consumed in Latin America. What's more, these things that you see on the internet, the videos and photos, only tell the story of a very small group of people. They cannot represent China as a whole. You can't smear a country with just one video. It's equivalent to saying that if your cousin is a criminal, your entire family are all criminals. It's the same thing here. China has 1.4 billion people. You can't say that these 1.4 billion people all eat these things!" Sirerol responded in his video.

Another comment read: "Wow! Don't buy a Huawei cell phone, hahahahahaha, they've got viruses!"

"First, the virus can live for only three hours after it leaves the human body. Then, it will die. Second, you are targeting against 'Made in China'. Everything around you is made in China. 80% of the world's technological products are made in China. You can say that there is 'Made in China' everywhere in the world. If you don't like it, go to Mars," Sirerol retorted.

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