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Dior apologizes for using China map without Taiwan

Dior apologizes for using China map without Taiwan

Dior apologizes for using China map without Taiwan

By BBC News
17 October 2019

Christian Dior has become the latest foreign brand to apologize to China after it used a map that Beijing sees as misrepresenting its territory.

The French luxury brand was criticized on Chinese social media after an employee reportedly used a China map in a presentation that excluded Taiwan.

Taiwan has been self-ruled since the 1950s, but Beijing’s official policy is that the island is a Chinese province.

Dior apologized for the “mistake in representation” made by an employee.

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