When Prime Minister Najib Razak announced MAS flight MH370 had ended in the Indian Ocean and the families of the passengers were informed, many, particularly those from China, responded with anger.

Some Chinese celebrities even condemned Malaysia and urged a boycott of Malaysian products.

However there are reporters from China who disagree with these actions, although they understand the emotions of those distraught by the disappearance of their loved ones.

Speaking to Malaysiakini yesterday at PWTC, a Chinese reporter, who wanted to be anonymous, said that some of the families still have hopes of a safe return of those on MH370.

However she said that this belief also made them think that the Malaysian government is hiding something.

While understanding their anger, she did not agree with their position. “They are falling into a dead end with such emotions,” she said.

Another Chinese reporter, who had been following the issue in Malaysia for two weeks, said that Chinese reporters did respect Malaysia although sometimes they are not satisfied with its government.

“As for the actions by some of the celebrities, it’s your freedom for you to choose whether to go to Malaysia or not, based on the information you had received and your own judgment.

“However, calling to boycott Malaysia is a meaningless and unreasonable action for me,” she told Malaysiakini .

A number of celebrities in China, including award-winning actress Zhang Ziyi ( right ), had hit out at Malaysia's handling of the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 after Najib’s announcement on March 24 that the aircraft had ended in the southern Indian Ocean.

Several celebrities took to Weibo - a Shanghai-based Twitter-like microblogging service – to condemn Malaysia and urge a boycott of Malaysian products.

Meanwhile, another Chinese reporter, who also requested to remain anonymous, said that it’s understandable that the Chinese are angry with Malaysia because many of them do not know much about this country.

He said that out of the 1.3 billion people in China, only 20 to 30 percent had the opportunity to go abroad.

“For them, Malaysia is a far-away nation and they do not understand the country,” he told Malaysiakini at PWTC yesterday.

However, added that most of the Chinese celebrities are reasonable.

“There are more than ten thousand artists in China. You cannot say that the one or two who spoke out represent the rest, can you?” he said, adding that they had the freedom to express themselves.

China's media blamed

Earlier, Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi blamed the China’s press for stoking the anger of the Chinese families. There were various opinions by the Chinese reporters on Zahid’s remark.

While admitting some Chinese reporters will lead the families to what they want them to tell, One reporter from China did not agree with Zahid ( right ).

Because of lack of official updates, she said that the reporters will focus on those who have the loudest voices, and in this case they came from the families.

However she admitted that the reports by the Chinese newspapers are sometime lopsided as they unable to speak with internal sources like the Western media.

Meanwhile, Angela Meng from the Hong Kong South China Morning Post agrees that many reports are oversimplified and too nationalistic.

"There has been a lot of 'who should we to blame', and 'who are the families angry with, Malaysia, US or China?'

"I think nobody wanted this tragedy to happen. If we were to talk about blame, this is not the time.

"We should put all of our resources into finding this plane and that's what Malaysia has been doing," she told Malaysiakini yesterday at PWTC.