Ad calling mainland Chinese 'locusts' runs in Hong Kong
A group of Hong Kongers published a newspaper ad Wednesday insulting mainland Chinese as "locusts", amid seething resentment over rising mainland influence in the southern city.
A full-page advertisement published in the Apple Daily on February 1 features a locust overlooking Hong Kong's skyline. A group of Hong Kongers published a newspaper ad Wednesday insulting mainland Chinese as "locusts", amid seething resentment over rising mainland influence in the southern city.
The full-page advertisement in the widely-read Apple Daily also demanded the government take action to stop the "infiltration" of mainlanders into the former British colony.
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- Writer: AFP News agency
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