English Premier League team Arsenal faces backlash in China, 1 of the league’s biggest markets after midfielder Mesut Ozil condemned the country’s treatment of Uighur Muslims which reportedly prompted local soccer fans to burn their team shirts in protest
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: English Premier League team Arsenal is facing a backlash in China, one of the league’s biggest markets, after midfielder Mesut Ozil condemned the country’s treatment of Uighur Muslims, which reportedlyOzil, shared a text post to his 21 Instagram million followers on Friday. In it, he criticized China’s detention of Uighurs, a mostly Muslim ethnic group, in the tightly policed Xinjiang region.
The words were posted against a background of the East Turkestan Republic flag, which is the banner of Uighurs campaigning for independence for the Xinjiang region from China.by “fake news” on Monday and called for him to visit Xinjiang. Meanwhile state broadcaster CCTV reportedly cancelled its broadcast of the Arsenal vs. Manchester City game on Sunday.
Ozil is one of the most followed players of an England club by Chinese fans, according to a 2019 Red Card report, compiled by Chinese digital marketing agency Mailman.’ list of the world’s highest-paid athletes.
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