Source: BEC News
On Friday, Chinese actor Zhang Zhehan provoked anger among the Chinese public. Previously, photos of him posing in front of the infamous Yasukuni Shrine in Japan went viral on social media. The Yasukuni Shrine enshrines some of Japan’s worst war criminals.
also has a photo of attending a wedding at Nogi Shrine, another notorious shrine dedicated to the officers of the Japanese Empire who invaded China during World War II.
Chinese media criticized Zhang for his ignorance of history and national suffering.
If a person deliberately challenges the dignity of the country, he or she will pay a heavy price for it. On Friday night, the "People's Daily" posted a comment on China's Twitter-like Weibo.
The public discovered that as of 10 pm on Friday, more than 20 companies that have business partnerships with Zhang, including the beverage brand Wahaha , have announced that they will terminate their partnerships.
Wahaha said in a statement published on its Weibo: “National dignity cannot be destroyed.”
The company said that its products will immediately terminate the cooperative relationship with Zhang.
Zhang is the brand spokesperson for Wahaha vanilla ice cream products.
food company Xu Fuji said on Weibo that it would terminate the cooperation with Zhang, saying that his behavior hurt the feelings of the Chinese people, which the company firmly opposed.
The company wrote: "National justice, national image and dignity cannot be violated."
