Jura The idiot
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US decided to build a naval base in Manus, an outlier part of PNG. Huge benefit for Australia and US but what possible benefit for PNG? Amusing and hypocritical since Pence was lecturing participant in PNG about danger of BRI debt trap against trading $$ for sovereignty.
solarz
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olce & Gabbana was just hours away from welcoming guests to a huge fashion show in China. Now, amid accusations of racism, the event has been , according to the luxury brand's official Weibo account.
The fashion house has found itself embroiled in controversy over a series of videos released on social media. By the time the postponement was announced, a number of celebrity invitees had already said they would not be attending the show, which was due to take place in Shanghai Wednesday evening.
Three 40-second spots, aired on the Italian brand's Instagram, Facebook and Twitter profiles, as well as its Weibo account in China, show an Asian model struggling to eat Italian food with chopsticks. The videos were created to promote "The Great Show," which is billed by the fashion house as a "tribute to China."
The first "episode," published Sunday, features a model in a sequined red dress attempting to eat an entire pizza. She prods the pizza with chopsticks to the sound of stereotypical Chinese music, before a narrator offers seemingly patronizing advice such as "don't attempt to use the chopsticks as knives" and "just use your chopsticks like pliers."
In the second and third episodes, the same model attempts to eat a cannoli and a bowl of spaghetti. The narrator seems to mispronounce the brand's name, with some interpreting this as mocking the way Chinese people say "Dolce & Gabbana."
What was, perhaps, an innocent attempt to play on Chinese culture has infuriated some social media users. The topic was trending on Weibo hours before the show was due to start.
A model is seen eating pizza with chopsticks in one of three videos posted on social media by Dolce & Gabbana. Credit: Dolce & Gabbana
In a being shared online, an account purporting to be University of California student Coco Qiu, describes the video series as "extremely racist" and created with the "intention to spark public attention, and perhaps rage, for the purpose of advertisement and profits." The post describes the move as "both pitiful and disrespectful."
Some segments of Chinese social media reacted in good humor to the controversy. A , which shows a Caucasian man attempting to eat soup with a knife, has been widely circulated on Weibo.
A WeChat post shared by the company said that there would be "a shining runway, modern style and glamorous superstars." But a number of celebrities announced that they would withdraw from the event.
An agent of singer Karry Wang, a Dolce & Gabbana "brand ambassador," had confirmed that the star would not be attending the show. The modeling agency China Bentley also announced that 24 of its models were pulling out over the controversy.
Social media outcry was further exacerbated by a screen capture of racist comments alleged to have been made by D&G co-founder, Stefano Gabbana, in a direct message on Instagram. Both Gabbana and the luxury brand have since posted messages saying that their accounts had been hacked, with the Italian designer pasting the words "not me" over images of the alleged exchange.
"We are very sorry for any distress caused by these unauthorized posts," the accompanying message reads. "We have nothing but respect for China and the people of China."
The designers doubled down on this sentiment in an official statement provided to the press: "Our dream was to bring to Shanghai a tribute event dedicated to China which tells our history and vision. It was not simply a fashion show, but something that we created especially with love and passion for China and all the people around the world who loves Dolce & Gabbana," the statement said.
But for many, this explanation was not enough. In an tagging both the brand and Gabbana directly, Chinese-French model Estelle Wong, who withdrew from the show, doubted the sincerity of the explanation and called the actions "disrespectful and racist."
"You don't love China, you love money," she wrote. "China is rich yes but China is rich in its values, its culture and its people and they won't spend a penny on a brand that does not respect that."
Other models and staff from the event have responded by of their event badges with "not me" written in red capital letters.
It is not the first time that the brand has courted controversy in Asia. In 2013, over 1,000 protestors descended on one of Dolce & Gabbana's Hong Kong stores after security guards attempted to stop locals -- but not customers from overseas or mainland China -- from taking photographs. The brand later over the row.
Idiotic ad, despicable behavior from Gabbana, and shitty reporting from CNN.
The only time we see "racist" and "terrorist" in quotes in headlines is when China is the target.
A big applause to all the Chinese celebrities and runway models who walked away from the show!
Jura The idiot
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there's a naval encounter in progress between Ukraine and Russia in the Sea of Azov; the most recent is BBC Breaking News
Russia 'fires on and seizes Ukraine ships'
while following the development this afternoon I put some links, including the vid of Russians hitting a Ukrainian vessel, in
Russian Military News, Reports, Data, etc. https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/russian-military-news-reports-data-etc.t1545/page-642
Russia 'fires on and seizes Ukraine ships'
- 11 minutes ago
while following the development this afternoon I put some links, including the vid of Russians hitting a Ukrainian vessel, in
Russian Military News, Reports, Data, etc. https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/russian-military-news-reports-data-etc.t1545/page-642
Equation
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Question is who started the incident?
Jura The idiot
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More infuriating is Stefano Gabbana's Instagram post defending the ad where he called China a "country of shit" and "Ignorant dirty smelly mafia". This has not been given much coverage by the msm so posting it here,
Happy to say that Dolce and Gabbana's Japan flagstore in Ginza, which is usually full of Chinese shopper, was literally empty(zero) when I passed by 2 days ago.
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I will be making sure everyone in my extended family would be staying away from D&G products.
manqiangrexue
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LOL I really don't care. My opinion of Italy is so... I wouldn't "low," but certainly inconsequential that having Italians say that to me is like hearing a dog bark at me on the street. I never bought D&G and I never will, even if they kiss CCP ass all day long. It ain't worth the money at a 90% discount. Even before this whole thing, I'd rather roll a $100 bill into a joint and smoke it than use it in a straight trade for the most expensive thing D&G or any other Italian "luxury" designer makes, and I don't even smoke LOL. I buy Made in China.
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"................................We await more information before going beyond the observations made above. I think it’s safe to say; it wasn’t a clear-cut “execute the Trim Runaway” checklist situation for the crew. All 737 MAX crews now know this is the thing to do in the above situation. But these crews didn’t have this information. Secondly, MCAS operating off a single, unverified, AoA signal will not be for long."
Few years back, I commented how C919 was the first to choose the Leap engines forcing the Airbus & Boeing duopoly to offer Leap upgrades to their cash cows, the A320 & B737, when they much preferred to concentrate R&D on their other products like A350 & 787.
I commented how 737 would be the most troubled by the big Leap with its short landing gear.
Years later, it seems not to be the case as A decided to offer PW GTF engines to their A320Neos as well, the problems with which causing headaches for A with groundings & even the launch client Qatar refusing to take the planes.
With C919 facing delays, 737 Max surprised by charging out of the gate with smooth launch & 1000s of orders.
Now we know why. 737Max was indeed troubled by the big Leaps, forcing B to move the engines further forward on the wings disrupting the centre of gravity & thus the stability of 737Max. Meaning 737Max is more prone to stall & harder to recover from one.
Instead of a costly major re-design of the old 737 to solve this, B put in a half baked, band aid 'MCAS' and to top it off, decided to keep quiet about it, saving certification costs/effort & save pilot re-training costs to avoid affecting sales.
This is what you get when an engineering giant gets taken over by bean counters & gets too close with the FAA.
We already had a glimpse of the this with the 787 exploding batteries.