For some, what happened is a sign of online nationalism – manifesting in recent years as rising anti-foreigner rhetoric – spilling over into the real world.

for some

But this is the third high-profile attack on foreigners in recent months, all of which China has described as “isolated incidents”.

Compared to what? Do you know how big and populous China is or care to enlighten your readers in this context you ass-shit propagandists? How many school shootings have happened this year in the US? Or your own pogroms where your gammons tried to burn down migrant and refugee centers? Death to empire of lies

“State-endorsed patriotism” and Beijing’s constant warnings about foreign influence has contributed to the “intense nationalism” we see today, says Rose Luqiu, an associate professor at Hong Kong Baptist University’s communication school. What has aggravated it, she says, is the legal risk of being deemed unpatriotic.

literally nobody. Hong Kong Baptist communications professor? A Hong Kong christian liberal arts school financed by colonial US church missionaries has a teacher of a media class to give us a rundown on mainland Chinese politics and sociology? Who gives a shit what this random lady says? How is this as valued source for the public broadcasting of the UK as they can get?

This article is ass. BBC is such ass. This isn't even good propaganda, this is the laziest garbage.