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BEIJING — The German soccer star Mesut Özil is the latest international sports celebrity to be at the center of controversy over China’s hard …

In … This is something we cannot accept," the news outlet quoted an unnamed official from the association as saying.We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism.We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future.Ethnic Uighur boys hold placards with the pictures of English soccer club Arsenal's midfielder Mesut Ozil during a protest against China in Istanbul, Turkey December 14, 2019. “The reason we were able to ascertain is this wide-eyed innocence that he has. Cookies van onszelf en van derden kunnen worden gebruikt om advertenties te tonen en artikelen aan te bevelen op de websites en apps van DPG Media die aansluiten op uw interesses. Deze instelling hindert de werking van deze website.

There are several flash points in this battle, and one of those is sports,” Chadwick adds.Özil is no stranger to controversy. More than 1 million people have … © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Still, Özil is also a close ally to Recep Tayyip Erdogan, despite the Turkish president’s dismal human rights record and authoritarian tendencies. “Young Chinese females in particular see him as something of a sex symbol,” says Simon Chadwick, a University of Salford professor of sports enterprise with a special focus on Asia.

De Britse voetbalclub Arsenal heeft zich de woede van China op de hals gehaald nadat speler Mesut Özil op sociale media kritiek uitte op de mensenrechtensituatie in … Door op 'Ja, ik accepteer cookies' te klikken, gaat u akkoord met de verstrekking van uw (persoons)gegevens aan Sanoma en Telegraaf Media Groep voor de totstandkoming van de gezamenlijke groepsprofielen. The game between Arsenal and Manchester City on Dec. 15, featuring Mesut Özil, above at the match, was pulled by China’s CCTV. China has cancelled a screening of an Arsenal football match after the team’s star midfielder criticised the treatment of Uighur Muslims, amid reports Beijing is … It’s his facial appearance they liked.” The Chinese hardly see him as innocent now. Mesut Özil China row: western brands be warned, self-censorship won't protect you. But there is another reason why the “Little Wife” is one of the biggest soccer icons in East Asia, reportedly earning an offer of more than $100 million to join the Chinese Super League in 2017. “He’s not an especially well-informed individual.” Don’t expect controversies like these to abate anytime soon. Instead of falsely claiming they do not involve themselves in politics, Cookies van derde partijen maken daarnaast mogelijk dat u informatie kunt delen via social media zoals Twitter en Facebook. “For fuck’s sake, this is the guy who tried to sue his father,” says Chadwick, referring to a series of lawsuits about management disagreements waged between the two in the last decade.

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Former Germany midfielder Mesut Özil has criticized Muslim countries for not speaking up for minorities subjected to abuse in China. Onze sites gebruiken cookies en vergelijkbare technologieën (cookies) onder andere om u een optimale gebruikerservaring te bieden.

Despite all this, Muslims stay quiet.”Responses on Weibo to Arsenal’s statement distancing the club from those remarks were hostile. Ook derden kunnen uw internetgedrag volgen. So while English broadcasters have called the crafty and opportunistic midfielder the “assist king,” Chinese fans and media folk have a different name: “The Little Wife.” Male commentators have said it’s because of his timid playing style, not just linguistic differences.

Take Mesut Özil, for example. Ook kunnen we hierdoor het gedrag van bezoekers vastleggen en analyseren en daardoor onze website verbeteren. The placard reads: "Thank you, Mesut Ozil, on behalf of 35 million oppressed"Mesut Ozil called on Muslims not to "stay quiet" about the Uighur issue in posts on socal mediaExterior view of a "vocational skills education centre" for Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province Meer informatie hierover vindt u in ons Volkskrant.nl deelt de informatie die zij verkrijgt middels het gebruik van cookies en vergelijkbare technieken, waaronder ook persoonsgegevens, in een samenwerkingsverband genaamd NLProfiel met Sanoma, DPG Media, Telegraaf Media Groep en RTL Nederland, om gezamenlijke groepsprofielen op te stellen.