A local daily Saturday claimed that China’s major Internet portal, qq.com, used the pictures taken by the newspaper but distorted explanations to support the Chinese claim of what happened.
According to the Dong-a Ilbo (www.donga.com), the Chinese website qq.com ran some 10 pictures originally taken by the newspaper, saying the pictures were from chinanews.com, a semi-official Chinese government-run news agency.
The qq.com website ran the pictures with a caption, saying these pictures were released by South Korea’s Coast Guards and showed some 10 Chinese trawlers tied one another in their standoff against the South Korean authorities. It also added these Chinese boats were illegally fishing in South Korea’s waters according to South Korean explanation.
Importantly, however, the newspaper said the Chinese explanation was missing some key words that were there explaining the pictures. For example, the Chinese boats were “thwarting” the South Koreans coastguards or they were “running away.”
The newspaper also said the Chinese side deleted some pictures, showing the Chinese sailors acting violently, wielding iron pipes, clubs and shovels toward approaching South Korean coastguards.
The pictures soon spread to some 70 other Chinese websites, including Sina.com, and also newspapers in Hong Kong, it said, giving readers a wrong idea of what really happened.
It’s not clear whether the Chinese qq.com has responded to the newspaper’s allegations.
One fisherman died and another remains missing after a Chinese fishing boat capsized off western South Korea a week ago.
South Korean government officials say some 50 Chinese boats were illegally fishing there and that the boat that capsized had intentionally hit the coast guard ship, in an apparent bid to help its compatriots sail back to Chinese territorial waters, after they were chased while fishing within South Korea’s waters.
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