A few days ago, the German embassy in China rarely deleted unfriendly comments on its official Weibo, and retorted Chinese netizens: "Can you also use these unfriendly comments about Germany to criticize the Chinese government?" (Reuters)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] A few days ago, the German embassy in China rarely deleted unfriendly comments on its official Weibo, and retorted Chinese netizens: "Can you also use these unfriendly comments about Germany to criticize the Chinese government?" In this regard, Jochen Neumeyer, Director of the Information Department of the German Embassy in China, came forward to explain the cause of the incident.

Deutsche Welle reported that the reason why some unfriendly comments were deleted was that they violated German law. Neumeyer said that the embassy has become accustomed to negative and unobjective comments and respects everyone's freedom of speech. However, according to German law, Free speech has boundaries, and any speech that denies, downplays or justifies the Holocaust is illegal.

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The report pointed out that since the establishment of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949, it has legislated to prohibit the promotion of Nazism through words, symbols, etc. Unconstitutional political party or organization logos are punishable by up to 3 years in prison or a fine. In addition, it is illegal to demean others because of their race, color or sexual orientation, as well as the above-mentioned Holocaust-related remarks.

Neumeyer pointed out that since last summer, the embassy deleted the comments twice because the commenters praised the massacre. As for why they asked Chinese netizens: "Can you also use these unfriendly comments about Germany to comment on the Chinese government?" Neumeyer He said that the embassy wanted to show that they can tolerate criticism, and netizens can think for themselves whether this is the same in China, but they did not expect such a big response.