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contact authorities: The Associated Press By JAVIER C. HERN NDEZThe Associated PressCAO LIThe New York Times Tues., April 11, 2017 BEIJING A day after the forced removal of a passenger from a United Airlines flight provoked a social media furor in the United States, a similar outcry followed in China, after state-run news outlets here described the man as being of Chinese descent, according to Toronto Star. The man's name has not been released, but another passenger on the flight Sunday said he had complained of being singled out because he was Chinese. The airline insisted the flight was over-booked and that it had no choice but to contact authorities when the man refused to leave. By Tuesday evening, the hashtag United forcibly removes passenger from plane was the most popular topic on Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter, garnering more than 270 million views and more than 150,000 comments. Read more United Airlines CEO calls passenger removal truly horrific' as backlash grows Article Continued Below United Airlines abuse underlines need for passenger bill of rights Editorial react-text 160 A video showing three security officials dragging a passenger from a United Airlines flight at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport was viewed more than 190 million times in China. /react-text VIDEO SCREENGRAB The outrage was furious and sustained, with internet users calling on United to apologize for its treatment of the man, who was dragged from his seat by security officers after refusing to be bumped from an overbooked flight from Chicago to Louisville, Kentucky. Many Chinese social media users accused United of racism, while others called for a boycott. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.