CHINA-US: U.S. EMBASSY POST CREATES FURORE ON CHINESE SOCIAL MEDIA
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Reuters (May 6) reported that a post of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing created a furore on Chinese social media. The post in Chinese, which was accompanied by a video of an excited puppy trying to climb over a safety gate, said "Spring has come and the flowers are in bloom. Are you like this dog who can't wait to go out and play?". The post was subsequently taken down. It drew an angry backlash from some Weibo users, however, who felt the comparison was inappropriate. One user wrote "Is this American humour? I believe they did it on purpose!" The Global Times cited netizens as saying that the post was "blatant racism". A U.S. embassy spokesman in Beijing issued an apology on May 6 morning to anyone who had been offended by the comments.
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