Buddy, see my username? Yeah, that's a Chinese name. I of all people know exactly what the difference is between Chinese ethnicity and Chinese nationality.
With that said, the majority of Chinese business people have some connection or other to China, be it family, business, or otherwise. Combine that with the context here of mysterious purpose (but probably bioweapons), unknown funding source and complete lack of any commercial purpose, etc etc, and it's not a hard conclusion to draw.
Chinese listed owner. Chinese representative. Mysterious purpose with unknown source of funds. Not too hard to connect the dots.
Edit: Apparently people don't realise Chinese can refer to ethnicity as well as nationality. Yes, it would be ideal if we had different terms for the two.
Both the owner and representative of the company are Chinese, so why wouldn't she think that?
Also, how many other countries would be interested in maintaining a bioweapons facility in the US?
This is insane. Straight out of a spy novel. Foreign power maintaining bioweapons facility in the US.
Actually, doesn't seem to be an option in kbin
Yes, it is. Thanks, I'll try that
That's fair. If that were the case here, or if she had made any such claim, I'd agree the title would then be fitting. However, since it's not mentioned, I'll point out that you're making assumptions based solely on the headline, and hence proving my point about the wording influencing people in specific ways.
I'm not discussing the morality of the punishment. I'll refer you to my other comment here:
https://kbin.social/m/[email protected]/t/262280/Singapore-hangs-first-woman-in-19-years-after-she-was#entry-comment-1186793
I used the term Chinese to refer to ethnicity, not nationality.