China’s social media users have called for a boycott of a popular South Korean variety show saying the latest episode of Running Man is "an insult".
"I feel speechless, I will no longer watch the show," one user posted on China’s Twitter-like Weibo.
The offending episode - and the uproar that followed - occurred as members of the show played a board game, similar to Monopoly.
Eagle-eyed viewers noticed China and Taiwan were placed side by side - on equal footing - along with Taiwan’s official flag, in what they regarded as a violation of the ‘One China’ policy.
Within hours of the episode being aired, China’s Twitter-like platform Weibo was flooded with posts, earning more than 1.5 billi
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Dec 09, 2020