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Drivers are angry after this Chinese company changed its name to Fast Dog
Don’t call someone a dog in China
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Everyone loves dogs. But in China, calling someone a dog is a sure-fire way to get in trouble.
So you can see why drivers of a delivery and ride-hailing platform are furious, after the firm changed its name from 58 Courier to Kuai Gou, or Fast Dog -- causing some customers to refer to them as dogs.
According to the South China Morning Post, some of them say people have been leaving orders on the app like, “Quickly send a dog to pick up my goods!”
Video circulating online shows dozens of disgruntled drivers protesting outside a Fast Dog office, asking to be treated with dignity.
Before joining the Post in 2018, Karen was a writer and associate producer at CNN International, where she contributed to the award-winning Asia flagship show News Stream. She is a graduate of Duke University and University of Hong Kong.
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