The plane's disappearance remained the most hotly debated topic on China's popular social networks, with many users of Sina Weibo, a Chinese equivalent of Twitter, echoing concerns over the Malaysian government's release of information.
"Why is it only now that they've confirmed it may have been hijacked?" one Sina Weibo user wrote this morning in response to the latest revelations by Kuala Lumpur.
"Malaysia, what else are you hiding?"
Another posted: "I'm really getting more and more disappointed in Malaysia and their unreliable government. I'm not planning on travelling there any time in the future."
Last week, one of the most widely forwarded messages was a posting that read:
"Vietnam keeps discovering. Malaysia Airlines keeps denying. China keeps sending rescue teams."
Today, the meme had taken a new twist.
"Malaysia has been telling a week's worth of lies. Vietnam has fished out a week's worth of rubbish. China has forwarded a week's worth of news,"
read the latest viral message. – AFP, March 17, 2014.