{"id":134650,"date":"2025-08-17T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=134650"},"modified":"2025-08-17T13:00:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T13:00:10","slug":"swatch-says-sorry-for-slanted-eyes-ad-after-social-media-backlash-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=134650","title":{"rendered":"Swatch says sorry for \u2018slanted eyes\u2019 ad after social media backlash in China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostSwiss watchmaker Swatch has issued an apology for a \u201cslant eye\u201d promotional image that has triggered strong criticism on Chinese social media, with the gesture widely considered offensive to Asians.<br \/>\nIn statements posted to Instagram and China\u2019s Weibo on Saturday, the Swatch Group sought to \u201csincerely apologise for any distress or misunderstanding this may have caused\u201d.<br \/>\nThe company said it had taken note of the \u201crecent concerns\u201d regarding the portrayal of a model in images for a men\u2019s watch&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/article\/3322130\/swatch-says-sorry-slanted-eyes-ad-after-social-media-backlash-china?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostSwiss watchmaker Swatch has issued an apology for a \u201cslant eye\u201d promotional image that has triggered strong criticism on Chinese social media, with the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134650"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134650"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134650\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134650"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134650"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134650"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}