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Welcome, China Watchers. This week’s guest host is Phelim Kine, who has been reporting on China for two decades as a journalist and human rights researcher for companies ranging from Dow Jones Newswires in Beijing to Human Rights Watch in Hong Kong. Kine is the senior director for Asia at the Washington environmental campaign organization Mighty Earth, where he tracks how commodity exports to China fuel deforestation in Southeast Asia and Latin America. Over to you, Phelim. John Yearwood, global news editor
May 20, 2021
A handout photo. A screen shot of the ad before it was taken down by the car company.
South China Morning Post
American car company Ford’s joint venture in China has apologised for an ad copying Marilyn Monroe’s iconic white dress air vent scene, following a backlash from the public and state media.
The scene from the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch is widely regarded as a seminal moment in the history of cinema and is frequently cited as one of the most iconic and influential scenes of all time.
Changan Ford released the advertisement on Weibo on Tuesday, with a short video, saying, “Is it true that according to Japanese manga, boys run so fast that he can make girls’ dresses fly up?