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US Embassy visa office comparing Chinese students to dogs
Published on: 2021-05-06
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The resumption of student visa applications at U.S. missions in China got off to an acrimonious start this week when netizens took exception to an American embassy social media post they interpreted as likening Chinese students to dogs.
 

On the Twitter-like Weibo service on Wednesday, the visa section of the U.S. embassy in China asked students what they were waiting for after the Biden administration eased restrictions.
 

"Spring has come and the flowers are in bloom. Are you like this dog who can't wait to go out and play?" said the post in Chinese, which was accompanied by a video of an excited puppy trying to climb over a safety gate.
 

The post drew an angry backlash from some Weibo users, however, who felt the comparison was inappropriate, and was later deleted.
 

"Is this American humour? I believe they did it on purpose!" one user wrote.
 

"Dogs in American culture basically have positive meanings, but in Chinese culture and idioms, they are mostly negative," wrote another user. Others quipped that the students' "master" was now calling them back to the United States.
 

The U.S. embassy in Beijing did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday morning.
 

把留学生比喻成狗?美国使馆签证处一条推文引热议

5 月 5 日下午,美国使馆签证处在其官方微博发布一条 " 美国驻华大使馆的学生签证申请服务分阶段恢复 " 的动态,但短短几个小时就直接被网友嘲笑到删博。因为它除了通知部分外,还附带一个视频以及一个不恰当的比喻。
 

视频中一只宠物狗从狗窝处的栅栏向外艰难攀爬,小腿蹬了半分钟才爬出。而美国大使馆却配文:" 春暖花开,你是不是像这只狗狗一样,迫不及待想出去玩耍了呢 " ?随后,# 美国使馆签证处把留学生比喻成狗 # 的话题在微博上迅速出现。
 

这条微博一出,网友们纷纷表示啼笑皆非。
 

有网友认为这可能是出于文化差异," 狗 " 在美国文化中并非都是贬义。但既然在中国发文,就应该先研究一下中国文化,否则很不合适。

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