D&G辱华事件持续发酵 | D&G incident shows patriotism is rational in China
The Italian fashion company Dolce and Gabbana has issued another statement concerning its canceled show in Shanghai last night. However, netizens are unsatisfied with it because it didn't apologize to Chinese people.
Currently, nearly all Chinese online retailers, such as Alibaba, JD and Kaola, have stopped selling D&G products, leaving the brand's Chinese official website the only available channel to buy the brand's goods online.
Chinese pop stars Wang Junkai and Dilraba Dilmurat have both terminated their contracts with D&G.
By 5:30 pm on Wednesday, a post with the hashtag #D&G designer# had already been read 450 million times on Sina Weibo with 64,000 comments.
And topics containing "D&G", for fashion design house Dolce and Gabbana, account for five of the nine hottest topics on the social media platform, ranging from the above-mentioned #D&G designer# to #D&G Great Show canceled#.
All of this was prompted by a snapshot of an Instagram post by Stefano Gabbana, designer and co-founder of D&G, that used the poop emoji to attack China in this statement: "I will say the country of (the poop emoji) is China." The snapshot in turn caused an uproar after being posted on the micro blog, as shown by the large number of views and comments it received.
D&G responded via its official micro blog account that Gabbana's Instagram account was hacked and they were investigating. Yet that explanation has not been widely accepted.
Since Thursday afternoon, several Chinese celebrities have announced their decision not to attend the D&G Great Show, scheduled to be held in Shanghai on Wednesday evening. Hours later, D&G canceled the show.
The incident shows how powerful Chinese netizens can be in defending the dignity of the country. Some blamed Chinese netizens for being "too sensitive".
And increasingly more public figures, such as entertainment stars, have been showing their resolve to defend China's dignity when any challenge arises. With their huge influence, they can bring immediate, actual losses to the companies that insult China.
More importantly, Chinese micro bloggers love their country in a rational manner. Just one day ago, when marathon runner He Yinli dropped a national flag handed by to her by a volunteer before reaching the end of her race, although some criticized her, the majority of micro bloggers vowed their support for her because it was obvious that she meant no harm.
On the contrary, the marathon organizing company faced heavy criticisms and many micro bloggers asked why they allowed a volunteer to hand a national flag to a runner just before reaching the end of her race.
We hope that D&G and other companies learn a lesson from the incident. The dignity of a country should never be trampled upon.
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涉嫌辱华后，D&G大秀取消 | D&G fashion show canceled in China