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Versace apologies for blunder over T-shirts sold in China



Italian fashion house Versace has apologised to China for selling T-shirts that identified Hong Kong and Macao as countries, after a backlash over the perceived challenge to Chinese territorial integrity.Both are former European colonies that were returned to China in the late 1990s.The offending T-shirt identified Beijing and Shanghai as in China but Macao and Hong Kong as separate countries

The apology came after a Chinese actress cut her ties with the company, saying the clothing was suspected of harming China's sovereignty.The T-shirt, images of which were widely posted on Chinese social media, featured a list of “city-country” pairs, including “New York-USA”, “Beijing-China” and "Shanghai-China". But it also described the semi-autonomous territories of Hong Kong and Macao as “Hong Kong-Hong Kong and Macao-Macao.”  

Versace said in a statement "It's our company's negligence and we express deep apology for the impact it caused," 

All t-shirts has been removed from all sales channels and destroyed. 

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