“Obviously Asians are the minorities.”<br />People’s Daily said it was “gravely disappointing” that the airline had “mentioned nothing of the violence against the Asian passenger.”<br />The Chinese news media often highlights episodes of violence<br />and racism directed at people of Chinese descent overseas as evidence of what it considers the hypocrisy of Western democracies on human rights issues.<br />BEIJING — A day after the forced removal of a passenger from a United Airlines flight provoked a social media furor in the United<br />States, a similar outcry followed in China, after state-run news outlets here described the man as being of Chinese descent.<br />Others said the episode showed that people of Chinese descent in the United States faced rampant discrimination.<br />“I’ve learned from the media that there is a lot of racism in the United States,” Mr. Zhang, 18, said in a telephone interview.<br />“Many Chinese who have faced discrimination are unwilling to speak out because of their pride,” Mr. Wong wrote on Weibo.<br />United’s chief executive, Oscar Munoz, apologized Monday for “having to re-accommodate these<br />customers,” called the episode “upsetting” and said the airline was conducting a review.
