介绍:
Chinese technology giant Tencent has apologized for what they call a "technical error" in their mobile chat application that showered chat windows with American flags
The apology comes after the local committee of the Communist Youth League in Fujian Province posted on Weibo that WeChat offered no such features when typing "National Day" or "China" but icons of the US flag could appear on the screen after typing "civil rights."
The WeChat team said in a statement that their branch office in the US launched the new feature to honor Martin Luther King Day that just past.
The post quickly triggered heated discussions among net users and some accused the company of catering to the US. Now the error has been fixed by the company.
Comments:
(John) learnEngrish posted on Globaltimes.com,
&`&Maybe Wechat was just testing to see how Chinese people will react. Me and my friends like most wechat users were so pissed off. It&`&s great to know Chinese people&`&s patriotism is as high as ever.&`&
(QD) Disqus posted on 163.com,
&`&China has guidelines for using the flag, you can&`&t just use it for a joke. Also, if it was the Chinese flag falling, I think we would become a disrespected country. I think that Wechat hasn&`&t done anything wrong. There&`&s no need to apologise. Internationalization for a Chinese company is not an easy task.&`&
(LY) Craig Reynolds, (maybe from the US), commented on en.people.cn,
&`&Oh look! Another shining racist example of why our country (the US)is the most hated on Earth.&`&
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Notes:
- The post quickly triggered heated discussions among Net users and has attracted 2,973 comments and 6,980 reposts as of press time. Some netizens accused the company of catering to the US.
- "The feature was supposed to be only available for users in the US. However, it was opened for some other users due to a mistake in the settings. We apologize for the misunderstanding caused by the error," read the statement.
- Qin An, a cyber security expert at the China Institute for Innovation and Development Strategy. says "The concerns among the Chinese will damage the company&`&s image in the domestic market.
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(QD) 其实ID是啥不重要 (Qi Shi ID shi sha bu zhong yao) commented on Weibo,
The whole thing has been overblown. It&`&s just Wechat&`&s business strategy to win the market although I have not seen many international wechat users in the US. But when wechat had this idea to test their users, they should have concerned Chinese users. If we see US flags spreading on your screen, well, we don&`&t feel comfortable.
(LY) 奇境记(Qi Jing ji) dreamland said on Weibo,
The point is why the US flag rather than the image of Dr. King? Being a civil rights activist is individual behavior rather than a whole nation&`&s action. Narrow-minded nationalism can only hamper a country&`&s development.
(JA) BaronR said on globaltimes.com,
&`&I must say this sort of mistake should have not happened and those senior management should take full responsibility for such an insensitive mistake but having said that most Chinese nationals are educated enough to accept this innocent mistake and moved on.&`&
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