The South Korean "White Dog Village" pet store incident with signs that insulted China

A netizen posted that he found a pet shop in South Korea with a sign that insulted China, which aroused the anger of netizens. The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has lodged representations on the incident of the Korean store with signs that insulted China. A spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs told this newspaper today that the issue of hanging signs insulting China in pet shops in South Korea has been resolved. The owner of the pet shop has removed the signs hanging at the door and apologized for the incident.

On the sign that insults China, the statue hanging on the Tiananmen Gate was replaced with a pet dog.

On July 27, 2007, a Korean student studying abroad with the online name "Chu Si" posted on the Oak Photography Network, claiming that he had seen signs insulting China in South Korea. He introduced that there is a pet department store in Yongin City, South Korea, called "White Dog Village".

Wenhui Po reported that according to photos taken on the "Fourth Day of the Lunar New Year", there was a sign hanging at the entrance of the store, with photos of Huabiao, the Great Wall, the red flag, and Tiananmen, but the picture on the Tiananmen Gate Tower was replaced with Pet dog, the slogans on both sides are replaced with the slogans of pet stores. "Now, as a graduate student studying abroad, I can think rationally about many things, but today I got angry." He said, because it was night and he didn't bring a tripod, so he couldn't take photos with his hands at long range. I knew it wouldn't work even if I put it on my friend's back. I put it in the car and used my wallet to fix the angle before taking the picture.

On July 29, 2007, "Fourth Day" posted again. "This is my second time coming to this store. It's shameful to see that sign hanging high there again," Chu Si wrote in the post. On the fourth day of junior high school, he said that he contacted several classmates to contact the pet store, but he only contacted the store clerk and not the store manager.

Netizens expressed their anger at this sign, saying that Chinese people must not be insulted.

According to media reports on the evening of the 31st, the person in charge of the Asian Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of my country made an emergency meeting with relevant officials of the Korean Embassy in China on the 31st to lodge representations regarding the incident of Korean stores with insulting signs against China, requesting South Korea to clarify and take immediate measures. . South Korea expressed that it values ??China's concerns and will verify them as soon as possible and handle them appropriately.

After negotiation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, South Korean stores removed signs that insulted China and apologized.