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The Devil Wears Prada 2 criticised for offending China with nerdy โ€˜Chin Chouโ€™ character

The Hollywood film The Devil Wears Prada 2 is facing accusations of racism in China after it released a clip that shows a nerdy Asian character with a name that allegedly sounds similar to the derogatory โ€œChing Chongโ€. In the clip posted by a Chinese influencer, an Asian assistant character introduces herself as โ€œJin Chaoโ€, which many online observers believed to sound like โ€œChing Chongโ€, a derogatory racist slur used to mock the Chinese language and people. The characterโ€™s name, Jin Chao, was...