“Hong Kong is treated as a country” Versace apologizes for T-shirt design August 11, 22:59
As protests continue in Hong Kong, Versace apologizes for the criticism on China's Internet as the T-shirt design sold by Italian luxury brand Versace treats Hong Kong as a country. It's happening.
A series of criticisms were written by T-shirts sold by Italian luxury brand Versace, with the names of the cities and countries of the world written in English on the back.
The name of the country of Beijing and Shanghai is written as China on the T-shirt, but Hong Kong and Macau are labeled as Hong Kong and Macao, respectively, and the Chinese SNS says "Infringement of Chinese sovereignty. There are many criticisms such as "I do not allow you to do it."
In addition, a popular Chinese actress serving as a brand ambassador who promotes Versace issued a statement on November 11 that he would cancel the contract with Versace, saying, “I feel no more resentment as a Chinese citizen”.
As a result, Versace made a statement and apologized, “Due to incorrect design, the exact name of the country was not used. We love China and respect China's territory and sovereignty.”
This T-shirt has already been discontinued.
While protests continue over the proposal to amend the ordinance to allow the suspects to be handed over to mainland China in Hong Kong, it seems that SNS users in China are becoming more sensitive to topics related to Chinese sovereignty. It is.