A Chinese diplomat recently posted a false statement about a protest that recently occurred in Brussels, causing backlash from the  international community. This happened while the regime’s special envoy was visiting European countries to improve China-EU relations.
On June 20, about 70,000 Belgian workers marched through Brussels demanding their government take action against the sharply rising living costs. At the same time, one-day strikes were occurring at the Brussels Airport and on local transport networks nationwide that brought public transportation to a near-halt.
On June 23, Zhang Heqing, the cultural Attaché at the Chinese embassy to Pakistan, retweeted a post by a user named Fifty Shades of Whey about the Brussels demonstration. Zhang wrote “Tens of thousands of protesters marched in Brussels chanting ‘Stop NATO’ on June 10, expressing anger at the rising living costs & condemning NATO countries’ rush to arm Ukraine.”…