Amazon earns criticism in China for T-shirts with Hong Kong slogans
In the context of the Hong Kong crisis, the online retailer Amazon is also drawing criticism in China. The U.S.-based e-commerce giant sells T-shirts calling for support for the protest movement in the Chinese Special Administrative Region.
Slogans such as "Immediate freedom for democracy in Hong Kong" or "Hong Kong is not China" are written on them, as the tabloid Global Times, which is published by the ruling Communist Party, reported on Thursday.
Numerous users reacted indignantly on internet forums and accused Amazon of treating people in China insensitively. One user of the domestic short message service Weibo wrote: "Amazon has already left China, right? We need to teach this company a lesson."
The group closed its shopping service in the People's Republic in July, but continues to deliver foreign goods to the country. Foreign fashion brands such as Versace, Calvin Klein and others have recently come under fire in China for T-shirts that refer to Hong Kong as a separate state. (SDA)
