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Amazon backlash in China over Hong Kong democracy T-shirts
- Monday | 19th August, 2019
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Chinese social media users directed their fury at online marketplace Amazon.com on Thursday, after discovering T-shirts on its website sporting slogans that support anti-government protesters in Hong Kong. The hashtag “Amazon T-Shirts” became the fourth-top trending topic on China’s Twitter-like Weibo on Wednesday in the latest backlash for an overseas company that broached matters regarding Hong Kong’s territorial status. The widely-read Global Times tabloid, published by China’s state-owned People’s Daily, said many Chinese internet users found the T-shirts for sale carrying slogans such as “Free Hong Kong Democracy Now” and “Hong Kong is Not China,” among others. Several celebrities from mainland China severed ties with a number of fashion labels this week, after online users pointed out they had released apparel that referred to Hong Kong and Taiwan as separate from the People’s Republic of China. Versace, Calvin Klein, and other brands each issued public apologies online, either on Chinese social media accounts or overseas ones.
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