Thread: Thai retailer apologises for controversial Chinese New Year ad

Thai retailer apologises for controversial Chinese New Year ad
Jan 31, 2014

BANGKOK (AFP) - A Thai retail giant on Friday apologised for a billboard advertisement showing a white woman pulling at the side of one eye, saying it had not realised the gesture could be "offensive" to Chinese people.

Central Pattana, which owns a string of large malls and department stores in Bangkok and other major cities, said it had removed the Chinese New Year advert as soon as it became aware of concerns over the image.

A picture of the billboard, which had a headline "Good to be Chinese", circulated on the social networking site Twitter on Friday, in the latest instance of apparently inadvertent cultural insensitivity in a Thai advert.

"We are extremely sorry for the lack of judgement in this issue as we did not realise that the gesture of the model in the advertisement would be offensive to the Chinese communities," said assistant vice-president Sakorn Thavisin in a statement.

straitstimes.com

Did she also indicate she had a square ass, round face, thick thighs, a tendency for obesity and a brusque nature?

You can tell these Asians don't mind and are perfectly at ease because of their perfectly genuine smile.

What if they carried on smiling and started to make monkey sounds.

^Talk to Willy...Try to make him smile...

White girl wants to be Chinese | 2Bangkok.com

Stupid idea.

A couple of "flied lice" jokes thrown in might have mitigated any offense taken.

Send for Elizabeth's other half, he would sort them out.

^^

2008 , Spain .

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Originally Posted by Tom Sawyer

Did she also indicate she had a square ass, round face, thick thighs, a tendency for obesity and a brusque nature?

And how about greedy, selfish, and ugly?

To a British student in China, 1986: “If you stay here much longer, you’ll go home with slitty eyes.”