Sports writer for Britain’s biggest tabloid under fire for branding people of China ‘lazy’ in article about Chinese Super League
Sun reporter receives flak on social media for ‘bigoted generalisations’
A reporter for the Sun, Britain’s most popular newspaper, has come under fire after publishing an ‘investigation’ into the Chinese Super League in which he branded China’s populace as lazy.
Justin Allen visited Shanghai and Changchun and wrote an article in which he was highly critical of China’s big-spending football league – and the people of the country.
Allen wrote: “The Chinese come across as lazy generally – surely a by-product of a communist regime that has ruled their land since 1949.
“For years, their government has done and thought everything for them. Only here have I seen people shamelessly sleeping on the job ... like two workers at an airport help desk in the city of Changchun in the middle of the afternoon in full view of passengers.”
Allen added: “[Brazilian star] Hulk would probably get away with driving one along the pavements here as it is a daily hazard for pedestrians to avoid being hit by mopeds speeding along pathways.
