{"id":1033155,"date":"2021-11-19T16:58:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T21:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1033155"},"modified":"2021-11-19T16:58:33","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T21:58:33","slug":"dior-pulls-chinese-photographers-work-after-communists-complain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dior-pulls-chinese-photographers-work-after-communists-complain\/","title":{"rendered":"Dior Pulls Chinese Photographer&#039;s Work After Communists Complain"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdior-pulls-chinese-photographers-work-after-communists-complain%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1033155&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-77433848-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">The French luxury fashion house Christian Dior <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/fashion-beauty\/article\/3156455\/dior-pulls-photo-china-show-criticised-smearing-asian\">removed<\/a> a photo of a Chinese model holding one of its handbags from a Shanghai art exhibit on Thursday, just two days after Chinese state media outlets published articles online criticizing the image as \u201csmearing Asian women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chen Man, a well-known Chinese photographer, shot the image in question,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globaltimesnews\/status\/1461061741543141385\">featured<\/a> in a \u201cLady Dior\u201d fashion exhibition that opened at Shanghai\u2019s West Bund Art Center on November 12.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.1843575418994\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">French fashion brand <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dior?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Dior<\/a> continued to face a lingering controversy on Chinese social media over a recent photo accused of smearing the image of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Chinese?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Chinese<\/a> women, with some Chinese netizens demanding an explanation from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dior?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Dior<\/a> as well as the photographer. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N7KEiXVSEp\">https:\/\/t.co\/N7KEiXVSEp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/0w05fnmF3B\">pic.twitter.com\/0w05fnmF3B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Global Times (@globaltimesnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/globaltimesnews\/status\/1461061741543141385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Chinese state-owned <em>Beijing Daily<\/em> published an editorial <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/asia\/east-asia\/dior-draws-ire-in-china-with-photo-that-smears-asian-women\">criticizing<\/a> the photo on November 15 with the headline, \u201cIs This the Asian Woman in Dior\u2019s Eyes?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The op-ed claimed the image \u201cmakes Chinese consumers feel uncomfortable\u201d because it depicts its subject as having \u201cspooky eyes, [a] gloomy face, and Qing Dynasty-styled nail armour.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe photographer is playing up to the brands, or the aesthetic tastes of the Western world,\u201d&nbsp;<em>Beijing Daily<\/em> argued. \u201cFor years, Asian women have always appeared with small eyes and freckles from the Western perspective, but the Chinese way to appreciate art and beauty can\u2019t be distorted by that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s state-run <em>Global Times<\/em> similarly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1239073.shtml\">accused<\/a> Dior of \u201csucking up to the Western world\u201d in its own article addressing the controversial image on November 16. The newspaper cited an alleged intra-Chinese dialogue that picked the image apart online. Users of Chinese state-controlled social media outlets, such as Weibo and Douban, allegedly claimed Dior\u2019s depiction of a Chinese woman in the photo represented \u201cdeliberate sweet talk for Western stereotypes about Chinese people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Global Times<\/em> published a separate article on November 18 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globaltimes.cn\/page\/202111\/1239265.shtml\">complaining<\/a> that Dior\u2019s image \u201cshows a model with single eyelids and dark skin dressed in traditional Chinese clothing.\u201d The newspaper, published by China\u2019s ruling Communist Party, seemed to imply that Dior had angered Chinese consumers by highlighting the beauty of a Chinese woman with darker skin and narrow eyes. This depiction defies a traditional norm of Western brands supporting \u201ctypical standards of beauty in China, which are often characterized by fair skin and large eyes,\u201d the <em>Global Times<\/em> claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to city publicity or brand promotion in the European market, photos usually go with an image of calmness, elegance and nobility,\u201d the newspaper quoted an alleged \u201cChinese netizen\u201d as writing online on November 16.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo why do we have to use the image of ordinary people, even one with ugly makeup on, when it comes to Chinese models?\u201d the unnamed social media user allegedly wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Dior pulled the photo from both the Shanghai art exhibit and its online social media accounts on November 18 following the wave of online criticism by Chinese Communist Party-run news outlets.<\/p>\n<p>Chen Man, the Chinese photographer who shot the controversial photo, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/magazines\/style\/celebrity\/article\/3156654\/meet-chen-man-fashion-photographer-who-just-sparked\">operates<\/a> the Beijing-based Studio 6, which has \u201cproduced advertising campaigns for Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Adidas, Converse, Puma, Budweiser, Maybelline, Guess and more,\u201d according to the <em>South China Morning Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French luxury fashion house Christian Dior removed a photo of a Chinese model holding one of its handbags from a Shanghai art exhibit on Thursday, just two days after &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1033155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1033155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1033155\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1033155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1033155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1033155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}