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Hainan Broadcasting Group issued a statement on the evening of January 2, announcing that it has suspended and has began an investigation on a news anchor who made inappropriate comments on his personal social media accounts.
Although the notice did not specify the inappropriate comments the anchor made, several news platforms have reported that the anchor, Xiao Chenghao, published a video on Douyin and Weibo on January 1st, and captioned it with "Retribution? Japan experiences a 7.4 magnitude earthquake!"That was a few moments after Japan reported a powerful earthquake that hit the Ishikawa prefecture, killing at least 62 people. The video quickly incited heated discussion among netizens.Stories and news from the disaster were quickly shared on Chinese news and social media platforms by people in Japan as well as media and individuals in China.“It’s not just that it’s a mess. The wall has collapsed, and you can see through to the next room. I don’t think we can live here anymore,” Miki Kobayashi, an Ishikawa resident, said as she swept around her house.The house was also damaged in a 2007 quake, she said.Toshitaka Katada, a University of Tokyo professor specializing in disasters, said people were prepared because the area had been hit by quakes in recent years. They had evacuation plans and emergency supplies in stock.“There are probably no people on Earth who are as disaster-ready as the Japanese,” he told reporters.Japan is frequently hit by earthquakes because of its location along the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of volcanoes and fault lines in the Pacific Basin.Katada warned the situation remains precarious and unpredictable. “This is far from over,” Katada said.Predictions by scientists have repeatedly been proven wrong, such as with the 2016 quake in southwestern Kumamoto, an area previously seen as relatively quake-free.“Having too much confidence in the power of science is very dangerous. We are dealing with nature,” Katada said.Japanese media’s aerial footage showed widespread damage in the hardest-hit spots, with landslides burying roads, boats tossed in the waters and a fire that had turned an entire section of Wajima city to ashes.According to public information, Xiao Chenghao is the anchor and top presenter with Hainan Broadcasting Group. He was awarded the Hainan Broadcasting Group Viewers' "Top 10 Hosts" for 4 consecutive years from 2014 to 2017.Reference: Hainan Broadcasting Group, Chenghao
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