A skit celebrating China's relationship with Africa from the latest Chinese Spring Festival Gala show has come under fire for its insensitive depiction of an African woman. Image: CCTV Image: CCTV via YouTube A skit celebrating China's relationship with Africa from the latest Chinese Spring Festival Gala show has come under fire for its insensitive depiction of an African woman. Image: CCTV Image: CCTV via YouTube
A skit celebrating China's relationship with Africa from the latest Chinese Spring Festival Gala show has come under fire for its insensitive depiction of an African woman. Image: CCTV Image: CCTV via YouTube
China /  People & Culture

‘Racist’ Chinese Spring Festival Gala TV show causes uproar over ‘blackface and big bottoms’

The show, by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV, had a Chinese actress wearing blackface and fake buttocks to portray an African mother

Topic |   Lunar New Year
James Wilkinson
James Wilkinson

Updated: 3:36pm, 21 Feb, 2018

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A skit celebrating China's relationship with Africa from the latest Chinese Spring Festival Gala show has come under fire for its insensitive depiction of an African woman. Image: CCTV Image: CCTV via YouTube A skit celebrating China's relationship with Africa from the latest Chinese Spring Festival Gala show has come under fire for its insensitive depiction of an African woman. Image: CCTV Image: CCTV via YouTube
A skit celebrating China's relationship with Africa from the latest Chinese Spring Festival Gala show has come under fire for its insensitive depiction of an African woman. Image: CCTV Image: CCTV via YouTube
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