1918 influenza pandemic
State-owned China news outlet ratioed on Twitter after continuously claiming “Chinese virus” is racist
Twitter users have responded by slamming the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) for lying about the coronavirus and filling the tweet’s replies with memes.
Wikipedia proposes renaming its Spanish flu article to “1918 influenza pandemic”
The proposal comes as many are amplifying claims from Chinese-state media that calling the coronavirus “the Chinese virus” is racist.