China SNS - a post saying that “There is no problem with the release of treated water into the ocean" was deleted

Recently NHK News on-line reported the following:

中国SNS “処理水の海洋放出は問題ない”とする投稿を削除か

2023年8月25日 19時26分

福島第一原発にたまる処理水が海へ放出されたことについて、中国のSNSでは「科学的に問題ない」などと投稿されたコメントが削除され、中国政府が神経をとがらせているとみられます。

削除されたのは、中国の原子力専門家を名乗るアカウントから24日に投稿されたコメントです。

コメントでは「中国国内の原子力発電所で、中国当局が定めるトリチウムを放出する上限は福島第一原発の8倍であり、心配するに値しない」などと説明し、処理水の海洋放出は問題ないと結論づけています。

しかし、このコメントはすでに削除され、投稿したアカウントも閉鎖されたとみられ検索しても見つからない状態になっています。

ただ、SNS上には投稿内容を保存した写真が拡散していて、「内容が間違っているならば反論すればいいのになぜアカウントまで閉鎖するのか」とか「国民の素質が向上するのを待つしかない」などと削除を疑問視するコメントも書き込まれています。

アカウントが閉鎖された理由について、運営会社は「SNS上の規定に違反した」としていますが、中国政府が国内の世論に神経をとがらせているとみられます。

Translation

Regarding the matter that the treated water accumulated at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant was discharged into the sea, comments posted on Chinese social media saying that the discharge had ``no scientific problems'' etc. were deleted, and the Chinese government seems to be getting nervous.

The deleted comment was posted on the 24th from an account claiming to be a Chinese nuclear expert.

The comment explained that "The upper limit of tritium released by Chinese authorities is eight times that of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, so there is no need to worry about it" and so on, and concluded that there was no problem in releasing treated water into the ocean.

However, this comment had already been deleted, and the account that posted it seemed to have been closed, so it could not be found even if you do a searching.

However, on SNS, photos that had saved the content of the posts were spreading, saying, "If the content is wrong, you can refute it, so why are you closing the account?" There were comments such as that “there is no choice but to wait for the quality of the people to improve,” and had comments that questioned about the act of deletion.

Regarding the reason why the account was closed, the operating company said that “it violated the rules on SNS,” but it seemed that the Chinese government was nervous about domestic public opinion.

              So, in Chine comments posted on SNS saying that the discharge had ``no scientific problems'' etc. were deleted, and the Chinese government seemed to be getting nervous. Such action is not surprising as there is not much freedom of speech in the country. It seems that China is politicalizing the matter to put pressure on Japan.