China’s embassy in Brazil responded with outrage Monday to a social media post by Brazil’s Education Minister Abraham Weintraub that appeared to mock Chinese accents while insinuating the Asian giant stood to benefit from the coronavirus pandemic — apparently reigniting a smoldering diplomatic row between Brazil and its largest trading partner. Weintraub posted a cartoon depicting China with a message — with r’s swapped for l’s, apparently to ridicule the Chinese accent — that insinuated the Asian giant could gain geopolitical advantages from the ongoing pandemic. The dispute comes just weeks after President Jair Bolsonaro sought to pacify a similar dispute sparked by his son.
