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“Versace reiterates that we love China deeply, and resolutely respect China’s territory and national sovereignty,”the company said in a statement.

The T-shirt, images of which were widely posted on Chinese social media, featured a list of “city-country” pairs, including”New York-USA” and “Beijing-China”.Donatella Versace, sister of the fashion house’s late founder Gianni, issued a similar statement on her official Instagram account. “Never have I wanted to disrespect China’s National Sovereignty and this is why I wanted to personally apologize forsuch inaccuracy and for any distress that it might have caused,”she said.

The studio of Versace’s China brand ambassador Yang Mi, oneof the country’s most well-known actresses, also said on its Weibo account that she was ending her contract with Versace overt he issue. “China’s territorial integrity and sovereignty are sacred and inviolable at all times,” Jiaxing Media said in the statement.

The ending of Yang’s relationship with Versace was one of the most viewed topics on Weibo on Sunday, attracting over 640million views

 

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