Mesut Özil row: Chinese Arsenal fans react angrily to player's Xinjiang post

Chinese fans of Arsenal have expressed anger at a social media post from Mesut Özil about China's treatment of Muslims in Xinjiang. In the post on Instagram, Özil denounced Beijing for burning Qur'ans, closing mosques and the killing of religious scholars.  Subscribe to The Guardian on YouTube ► http://is.gd/subscribeguardian Mesut Özil row: China's Arsenal fans burn shirts in anger at Xinjiang post ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/16/mesut-ozil-row-chinas-arsenal-fans-burn-shirts-in-anger-at-xinjiang-post Arsenal distance themselves from Mesut Özil comments on Uighurs’ plight ► https://www.theguardian.com/football/2019/dec/13/arsenal-distance-themselves-from-mesut-ozil-comments-china-uighur-people Support the Guardian ► https://support.theguardian.com/contribute Today in Focus podcast ► https://www.theguardian.com/news/series/todayinfocus Sign up for the Guardian documentaries newsletter ► https://www.theguardian.com/info/2016/sep/02/sign-up-for-the-guardian-documentaries-update The Guardian ► https://www.theguardian.com The Guardian YouTube network: Guardian News ► http://is.gd/guardianwires Owen Jones talks ► http://bit.ly/subsowenjones Guardian Football ► http://is.gd/guardianfootball Guardian Sport ► http://bit.ly/GDNsport Guardian Culture ► http://is.gd/guardianculture