Car brand Mini apologised Thursday over accusations of discrimination at the Shanghai Auto Show, after a video apparently showed staff at its booth handing free ice cream to a foreigner after refusing it to a Chinese visitor. Mini posted an apology over the incident, saying "careless management and staff negligence caused unpleasantness for everyone", and pledged to improve training. The topic "BMW Mini says sorry" had garnered more than 3.4 million views on Weibo by Thursday afternoon. But the ice cream debacle has sparked online outrage against BMW and reportedly provoked conflicts offline, too. "BMW executives never expected an ice cream to cause such a big disturbance," one internet user wrote.

Source: News 24 April 21, 2023 15:45 UTC