US chain McDonald's has apologised after a sign telling black people they were banned from entering a branch in southern China prompted outrage ...
BEIJING: US chain McDonald's has apologised after a sign telling black people they were banned from entering a branch in southern China prompted outrage online, following reports of discriminatory treatment towards Africans in the city.after local officials announced a cluster of COVID-19 cases in a neighbourhood with a large migrant population.
In an emailed statement, McDonald's said it removed the sign and temporarily closed the Guangzhou restaurant"immediately upon learning of an unauthorized communication to our guests."Several Africans have told AFP they had been forcibly evicted by police from their accommodation, refused service at shops and restaurants, and were subject to mass testing and arbitrary quarantines.
Chen promised at the meeting to"lift the health management on African people, except the confirmed patients", according to a foreign ministry statement. Diplomatic sources told AFP a number of African countries had written a joint letter to the foreign ministry, which condemned the"discrimination and stigmatisation of Africans" in China, but had not yet sent it.
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