AFP
7/02/2018
El fabricante alemán de vehículos Mercedes-Benz pidió disculpas por "herir los sentimientos de los chinos", after having shared a quote from the Dalai Lama on the social network Instagram, Tibetan spiritual leader and enemy of Beijing.
Mercedes, from the Daimler group, It is the latest in a series of Western companies attacked in recent weeks for errors related to Tibet, Hong Kong o Taiwan, sensitive issues for the Chinese communist government.
The controversy was caused by a photograph of one of the high-end brand's cars., publicada el lunes en Instagram con la frase "Observe una situación desde todos los ángulos, ¡will open your mind!", which he explicitly attributed to the Tibetan spiritual leader.
Although access to Instagram is blocked in China, The message triggered furious reactions with nationalist overtones on Chinese social networks.
The Chinese government says that the Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize, es "un lobo disfrazado de monje" y "un separatista", to happen that the Tibetan leader, refugee in India, He assures that he only demands greater autonomy for the Chinese region of Tibet.
Given the controversy, Mercedes removed the message from Instagram and on Tuesday posted her apology in Mandarin on the Chinese microblogging platform Weibo..
"Somos conscientes de que herimos los sentimientos del pueblo de este país", recognized, y afirmó "lamentar profundamente" el haber "publicado informaciones extremadamente incorrectas" y estar determinado a "profundizar [are] conocimiento de la cultura china".
Despite this, the digital version of the People's Daily, the spokesman of the Communist Party, dedicated an editorial glow this Wednesday to Mercedes.
"Mercedes-Benz, ustedes se han convertido en un enemigo del pueblo chino", consider the text, que acusa al fabricante alemán de "obtener grandes beneficios" in china, first world automobile market, al tiempo que "humilla" to his people.
Al grupo de rock británico Placebo se le impuso el pasado verano boreal "una prohibición vitalicia" to act in China, after having published a photo of the Dalai Lama on Instagram.
The Spanish brand Zara and the American airline Delta Airlines were also accused of having misplaced their locations in Hong Kong and Taiwan., a de facto independent island but of which Beijing claims sovereignty.
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