Net users are far from satisfied with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's (CBC) autoreply-like apology for its swimming commentator's abusive remarks about a 14-year-old Chinese Olympic swimmer on Thursday.
Both Chinese and Canadian Net users were enraged at CBC commentator Byron MacDonald for saying that Ai Yanhan cheap nike air max 97 , a Chinese athlete in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay in Rio, "died like a pig."
"That little 14 year old girl from China dropped the ball, baby," MacDonald said. He continued with his mean-spirited sarcasm against the swimmer, saying she was "too excited, went out like stink and died like a pig …"
CBC apologized to Twitter users soon after. "We apologize the comment on a swim performance made it to air. It was an unfortunate choice of words - we're sorry it happened."
"Ur apology makes me sick," wrote a Canadian Twitter user, one of hundreds who protested against a lack of sincerity in the CBC's response.
"#Byron MacDonald# should be dismissed and @CBC Olympics stop use ctrl C + ctrl V, we need a real apology cheap nike air max 270 flyknit ," wrote a Chinese Twitter user, calling MacDonald's comments "racist and insulting."
Nearly 200 similar comments had been posted on the CBC's official Facebook page as of press time. Many demanded that CBC make a formal, sincere apology and said MacDonald should pay for his terrible "choice of words."
After the footage went viral online, over 2,300 social media users on China's Sina Weibo, a Twitter-like platform, also demanded that MacDonald be dismissed immediately, even if he personally offers an apology.
The US claimed the gold medal in the women's 4x200-meter freestyle relay on Thursday ahead of Australia and Canada, who won silver and bronze cheap nike air max 270 , respectively. The Chinese team took fourth.
by Xinhua writers Yan Liang, Zheng Kaijun
SHANGHAI, April 16 (Xinhua) -- One of today's most technically-advanced ships in the world set sail from here on Sunday to retrace the oldest maritime route that linked China with the rest of the world.
Merchant Vessel (M.V.) COSCO Netherlands is leaving Yangshan Deep Water Port at 7 p.m. local time (1100 GMT), in Shanghai, the world's largest cargo port, and will dock in the Port of Ningbo in east China, the Port of Singapore, the Suez Canal, the Pireaus Port in Greece cheap nike air vapormax 97 , and ports in Rotterdam of Netherlands, Hamburg of Germany, and Antwerp of Belgium, in its about 40-day journey.
Products with internationally well-known brand, like Hewlett-Packard (HP) computers, Sony LCD monitors, Hisense TV, Haier refrigerators, automobile spare parts and bicycles cheap nike air vapormax plus , assembled or made in China, are on board for export to northwestern European and other countries.
An over 150,000 ton oceangoing container vessel, the giant is 366-meter long, 51.2-meter wide and 67-meter high, and can carry up to 13,386 TEU (20 foot equivalent unit). It was manufactured by China's Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. in 2013.
China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited, owner of M.V. COSCO Netherlands cheap nike air vapormax flyknit , offers service on more than 100 routes globally, including those from the Far East to northwestern Europe, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Africa, as well as regional feeders within Europe and Southeast Asia nations. Part of the route that M.V.COSCO Netherlands travels overlaps with the ancient Maritime Silk Road and its history can be traced back to ancient time.
Yao Wei, a 30-year-old engine room engineman from Jiangsu Province, first time on board M.V. COSCO Netherlands, told Xinhua, "I am very looking forward to this new journey cheap nike air vapormax , from history to reality, from China to Europe. It must be very impressive."
The ancient Maritime Silk Road was a crucial conduit for trade and cultural exchanges between China's southeastern coastal regions and countries in Southeast Asia, Africa and Europe.
It was first formed in the Qin and Han Dynasties (221 B.C.-220 A.D.), developed from the Three Kingdoms Period to Sui Dynasty (220-618 A.D.), flourished in the Tang and Song Dynasties (618-1279 A.D.), and fell into decline in the Ming and Qing Dynasties (1368-1911 A.D.).
Through the sea route, silk, tea and china were exported, while spices and rare treasures like precious stones were brought to China.
During the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368 A.D.) cheap nike air max plus , renowned Italian traveler and explorer Marco Polo headed for China along the Silk Road. After living in China for 17 years, he left from Quanzhou, a coastal city in southeast China's Fujian Province, or one of the starting points of the ancient Maritime Silk Road.
Marco Polo's remarks and memories of China were recorded in the book -- the Travels of Marco Polo, which described China's politics, economy, culture and prosperity in detail at that time.
As ancient trade through sailing driven by monsoons and ocean currents gave way to the transoceanic trade via container freighters between China and Europe, the Maritime Silk Road has also witnessed the growth of cultural exchanges and mutual learning among civilizations.
Now, the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road cheap nike air max plus tn ultra , or together the Belt and Road Initiative, proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013, aim to build an even stronger trade and infrastructure network connecting Asia with Europe and Africa along the ancient trade routes and promote common development among all countries involved.
In May this year, China will host the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation in Beijing, during which participants will have an opportunity to explore cooperation opportunities, build cooperation platforms and share the outcomes of cooperation.
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