In the summer of 2001, Zhao Wei took photos for "Fashion" magazine in Manhattan, USA. One of the clothes had a pattern that resembled the Japanese military flag and the sun flag.
Due to the underdevelopment of the Internet at the time, it was not immediately fermented after the incident.
Until the beginning of September, careful readers complained to a certain media: "Fashion" magazine in the 9th issue of 2001, "Little Swallow" impressively wore an imitation of the "Sunburst" square scarf.
This event began to ferment.
On December 5, the Beijing Daily and the Yangtze Evening News published news separately, criticizing the photos of Zhao Wei in the 9th issue of Fashion magazine in 2001 wearing a uniform that resembled a Japanese military uniform.
Subsequently, all sectors of the Chinese society reacted strongly to this and demanded "Whether it is Zhao Wei or the magazine, they must apologize to all Chinese people."
On December 6, the Beijing Daily published a signed article "Zhao Wei's "Cheongsam" Dressed Well", and warned the people of this matter:
We must pay attention to history education for young people, and we must not forget that Japanese militarism invaded China History.
On December 11, the Beijing Daily and the Shenzhen Special Zone News reported that Zhao Wei’s sister-in-law and agent Chen Rong said that Zhao Wei did not know about this matter, and also advised everyone not to buy similar things, and defended: " That’s just a prop, don’t give it special meaning."
At the same time, Zhao Zhihong, assistant to the president of Fashion magazine, also said: "I hope you don’t think about this matter in terms of militarism. ,Don't politicize this matter. "
Soon, Xu Ting, the executive editor of the "Fashion" magazine that published this photo, also said to the public: Express the trend of this year or next year. "
Ms. Xu also expressed the following with excitement:
"First, this is definitely not Japanese militarism, and has nothing to do with Japanese militarism;
Second, the purpose is just to express the brand, performance Popular elements express a trend.
Why did the "Little Swallow" wear a copy of the "sunburst"?
Zhao Wei's sister-in-law and manager Chen Rong said in an interview that she did not know. He also explained that Zhao Wei did not pay attention to the matter at all when taking pictures, and that the square scarf was also a prop provided by the stylist, and had nothing to do with Zhao Wei himself. Zhao Wei was innocent.
After this matter surfaced, Zhao Wei was busy because of it. I was filming in Hong Kong and could not be interviewed. But this incident caused a great uproar. Some survivors of the Nanjing Massacre and the people in Zhao Wei’s hometown of Wuhu, Anhui, jointly demanded an apology from Zhao Wei. Jiangsu " modern express", Jiangsu Music Station Zhao Wei was announced to be banned.
As the incident could not be quelled and faced with great pressure, Zhao Wei finally published an apology letter through Sina.com on December 10th, bowed her head to admit her mistakes, and publicly apologized . And planned and Zou Xuehe, the executive editor of the "Fashion" magazine who published the photos of "Military Flag", Xu Ting,He also apologized publicly and announced his resignation.
apologized for this. At that time, there were mixed responses from all walks of life. Most people believed that Zhao Wei could be accepted and forgiven. Some people, especially some Nanjing Massacre survivors, pointed out that Zhao Wei must do more to make up for her fault.
• What is the "sunburst" square?
It is a red-rayed military flag hung on Japanese warships during World War II. Today, Japan's "Maritime Self-Defense Force" still uses this flag.
People are always forgetful, the incident did not bury Zhao Wei's career, and later became more and more "strong". Until... the near term of 2021.
Coincidentally, three years later, a similar incident occurred in South Korea, but the ending of the star involved was quite different.
As we all know, in South Korea’s performing arts and the entire society, anti-Japanese and anti-Japanese are regarded as "political red lines", and any artist who ignores it will pay a heavy price.
In 2004, Li Chenghuan _span1019span _span1019span and other top actressesPublished a collection of nude photos on the subject of "comfort women".
In the photo, Li Chenghuan is wearing an exposed Hanbok, playing the role of a comfort woman abducted by the Japanese army. The background of the photo is a large number of rising sun flags and Japanese soldiers.
In addition, Li Chenghuan’s agency has stated that the photo album will be released in Japan and will be purchased at that time.
Finally, the Korean people couldn't bear it.
The major Korean media immediately reported on Lee Chengjuan's incident.
Faced with a strong public controversy, the heroine Li Chenghuan took the initiative to go to the nursing home where the surviving comfort women lived to apologize.
On that day, after Li Chenghuan took a white Renault SM5 limousine to the nursing home, immediately knelt in front of the nursing home , tearfully saying: " everything is my fault, I don’t know what to say, and I will be responsible for all the consequences.”
Faced with Li Chenghua’s visit to apologize, the Korean people thought that she was insincere and believed that the matter could not end there, and even demanded a laparotomy to apologize. People in South Korea asked her: "How are you responsible?"
At the same time, the school and teachers Li Chenghuan attended were also angry at having such students.
Another party, Park Ji-woo, also apologies for the media.
Since then, Li Chenghuan, who was once a top actress, has plummeted and his career has plummeted, and has almost been expelled from the entertainment industry.
At the same time, the incident also involved the "Little Swallow" incident.Later, Zhao Wei became the Chinese star most hated by the Korean people. All the websites established for Zhao Wei's fans in South Korea have been cancelled.
And, on the Korean website, clicks on Zhao Wei's related news, all of them are Zhao Wei's negative reports.
In addition, various schools in South Korea used Li Chengjuan and Zhao Wei as the "negative textbooks" of patriotism education.
The two relatives make the author not very emotional!
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