A t-shirt design that the president of a Chinese t-shirt company reported on social media and asked for a production by an employee of the Canadian embassy in China last year. [트위터 캡처]
– The Chinese authorities and the media launched a t-shirt logo of a famous hip-hop group, calling it a’Wuhan Bat’. It is claimed that the Wuhan bat was made into a T-shirt logo and drove the origin of Corona 19 to Wuhan.
The controversy began on the 1st at a regular briefing by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. China’s reporter Pungpai asked the Chinese government’s position, saying, “The company’s president recently accused the company with his real name through the messenger WeChat that an employee of the Canadian embassy in China ordered a T-shirt printed with the’Wuhan Bat’ logo in July last year.”
China “Canadian diplomat orders Wuhan bat T-shirt”
Canada “American Hip-Hop Group Logo, I’m sorry it’s not a bat”
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Wang Won-bin, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China
– “Corona 19 is a common enemy of humanity,” said Wang Won-bin, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the international community are clearly opposed to linking the virus to specific countries or regions.” “The person concerned is a diplomat at the Canadian embassy in China, and the actions they committed do not fit their status, and they are also different from the position of the Canadian government.” “China expressed amazement about this, and already strict bargaining with the Canadian embassy (strong protest Chinese-style diplomatic expressions), and demanded a thorough investigation and clarification from the Canadian side.”
Wang’s remarks were soon reported through various Chinese media. China’s Weibo (Chinese version of Twitter) has’Canadian Diplomat Wuhan Bat T-Shirt Order’ as a popular keyword, recording 15 million clicks by the 3rd.
![American hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan (武當幫, shamanbang). [위키피디아]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202102/03/160fa98f-a6d8-49b0-b5f8-fd44cb921951.jpg?w=900&ssl=1)
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American hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan (武當幫, shamanbang). [위키피디아]
– Canada immediately dismissed it. The logo is a symbol of the American hip-hop group’Wu-Tang Clan’ and is not an abbreviation of Wuhan.
A spokesman for the Canadian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “The T-shirt logo designed by an embassy employee is the letter W, not a bat. It was produced for the repatriation of Canadian citizens residing in Wuhan in early 2020,” and said, “We are sorry for the misunderstanding (of China),” Reuters reported on the 2nd. Wu-Tang Clan sells t-shirts with such logos online.
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American hip-hop group Woo Tang Clan is also popular in Korea. A list of Wootanklan T-shirts sold at Naver Shopping.
– Wootan Clan T-shirts are also sold in Korea. If you search online on Naver Shopping, about 200 Wootang Clan T-shirts ranging from 20,000 won to 200,000 won are searched.
China and Canada have arrested and detained two Canadian citizens residing in China on charges of espionage activities after the arrest of Huawei’s Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou (CFO) in 2018.
The World Health Organization investigation team arrived in Wuhan earlier this month and after two weeks of quarantine, they are investigating the source of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Beijing = correspondent Shin Kyungjin [email protected]
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