China Brands, Marketing & Consumers

China’s ‘Kim Kardashian’ Sparks Controversy as Dior’s New Brand Ambassador

With over 80 million Weibo fans, China’s ‘Kim Kardashian’ Yang Ying a.k.a. Angelababy is one of China’s most-followed celebrities on social media. Despite her many Weibo fans, Chinese Dior lovers are not happy about her recent appointment as the brand’s ambassador. This article was originally posted by our friends at Jing Daily.

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9 years ago

May 9, 2017

Yiling Pan

With over 80 million Weibo fans, “China’s Kim Kardashian” Yang Ying a.k.a. Angelababy is one of China’s most-followed celebrities on social media. Despite her many Weibo fans, Chinese Dior lovers are not happy about her recent appointment as the brand’s ambassador. – This article was originally posted by our friends at Jing Daily. –

Parisian fashion powerhouse Christian Dior is being harshly criticized on social media for its appointment of Chinese actress Yang…

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Yiling (Sienna) Pan is a Luxury Business and Fashion Reporter at Jing Daily. She revels in the challenge of working in a fast-paced environment and presenting Chinese consumer trends to Western readers. Her coverage of the Chinese luxury industry combines a native perspective with her background in finance. Yiling is an alumnus of Thomson Reuters News Agency in Shanghai and she holds a Master’s degree in Public Administration from Columbia University.

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China Brands, Marketing & Consumers

Quack Like a Goose: Why Beijing Street Vendor “Auntie Goose Legs” Sparked a Nationwide Debate

After the first complaints surfaced, Auntie Goose Legs admitted the truth about her business: she ha been selling duck legs all along.

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2 months ago

June 20, 2026

Manya Koetse

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If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it might still be a goose – or the other way around. That, at least, is the takeaway from two stories that recently went viral on Chinese social media.

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My Mum Has Two Husbands: The OPPO Mother’s Day Fiasco and 7 Other Gender Marketing Fails in China

Inside OPPO’s Mother’s Day PR fiasco and other failed marketing campaigns in China’s gender minefield

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3 months ago

May 12, 2026

Manya Koetse

The backlash to OPPO’s Mother’s Day ad came from multiple directions, from grassroots netizens to official organizations. Here’s a closer look at the controversy, along with 7 other cases that show how gender-related marketing has become a recurring minefield for brands in China.

Mother’s Day is over, but OPPO is still recovering. The Chinese smartphone brand went viral over the weekend for a Mother’s Day marketing campaign that failed spectacularly. In the campaign, OPPO…