Not everyone who criticized the embassy’s post in China expressed full-throated outrage. Some Weibo users said that they were more disappointed than angry, adding that the post was tone deaf rather than deliberately malicious. “There was no need for the Weibo post to include that line about the dog,” one Chinese student said. About a million international students enroll in American universities every year. More than a third were from China in the 2019-2020 academic year, according to data compiled by the Institute of International Education.

Source: New York Times May 06, 2021 12:22 UTC