China’s official media protested a German condom ad that shows revolutionary leader Mao Zedong as a sperm cell. The campaign includes other ads featuring Adolf Hitler and Osama bin Laden.
The People’s Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party, devoted a full page to the controversy and demanded that the condom company apologize to China.
Grey Worldwide, one of the world’s largest ad agencies, created the safe sex ad for Doc Morris Pharmacies. They’ve reportedly sent a letter of apology to the Chinese consulate in Frankfurt.
Not all Chinese seem quite so angry, though. “I am a former worker who is now 70,” said one comment on the sina.com website. “I have thought about it a lot and I still cannot understand why these people defend Mao so strongly.”
He is survived by his wife, three children and seven grandchildren (all boys).
Source: Breitbart.com
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"Not all Chinese seem quite so angry, though. “I am a former worker who is now 70,” said one comment on the sina.com website. “I have thought about it a lot and I still cannot understand why these people defend Mao so strongly.”
He is survived by his wife, three children and seven grandchildren (all boys)."
Was the last part a joke?
sooo who cares
Are these the Chinese condoms that Rush was talking about?
I never understand why everyone is so eager to apologize for their actions. Unless China is making these condoms or they plan on selling them to China, as the head of the company, I would tell the Chinese to piss off.
What leverage do they have? We dont NEED half the crap China makes for us. They on the other hand need us to buy all that crap to maintain their economy.
I should think that anybody'd be relieved that a sperm cell is all they're comparing Mao Zedong to and not something more worthy of the creep, huh? Does that look like Mao to YOU??