Posted on 08/11/2019 10:27:19 AM PDT by Monrose72
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Italian luxury label Versace and its artistic director Donatella Versace apologized on Sunday after one of the company’s T-shirts was widely criticized on social media in China for identifying the Chinese-controlled territories of Hong Kong and Macau as countries. Versace, which was bought by Michael Kors’ Capri Holdings Ltd (CPRI.N) in September, said on its Twitter-like Weibo account that it had made a mistake and as of July 24 had stopped selling and destroyed the T-shirts. Milan-based Versace is the latest company to become entangled in political issues involving China, which since last year has increased its policing of how foreign firms describe Hong Kong and Macau, former European colonies that are now part of China but run with a high degree of autonomy.
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Michael Kors has some good men’s clothes.
Unlike Taiwan, they are actually part of China, and the people in Hong Kong seem to be in a hurry to find out just that fact.
singer Minnie Riperton’s daughter. Minnie died way too young.
In the mini-series Assassination of Gianni Versace, Penelope Cruz (makes my eyeballs hard) does anime turn as Donatella.
My wife watched that series “The Assassination of Gianni Versace” where the murderer beats sodomite Mike Farrell/B.J. Hunnicutt to death.
Best scene in the entire movie (that I was in the living room for).
Minnie sure good sing and carry a note. You are correct Minnie died way too soon.
singer Minnie Riperton’s daughter. Minnie died way too young.
But under the terms of reunionification, they were supposed to have a great deal of autonomy until 2097. The Chinese didn't like the criticism of the Mainland government coming out of Hong Kong.
Actually, it was 50 years (2047), but close enough. In any case, he who has the tanks makes the rules, and the only tanks available, to speak of, in that part of the world are in China. So, I guess, the 50 years was a typo...they meant 20 years.
Oh well, who’s going to enforce 50 years?
NEVER apologize to murderous thugs.
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